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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Add a custom column to the planning console

Define the columns that you want to make available in the project planning console, portfolio workbench, program workbench, and the release management Gantt chart.

Before you begin

Role required: it_pps_admin

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Project Administration > Settings > Planning Console.

  2. Add a custom display column for planning console.

    1. In the Planning Console list, select a console to which you want to add the custom column.

      For example, select Project[pm_project] to add a column to the project planning console.

    2. To create a display column for the selected console, select New in the Planning Console Display Column related list.

    3. On the Planning Console Display Column form, fill in the fields.

FieldDescription
LabelLabel for the column to be displayed in the planning console.
TypeData type of the column.
JSON ColumnThe JSON column name used internally by the Gantt chart when data is sent. Note: Leave blank. This field is auto-populated when you add a column for the display column in step 3.
OrderPosition at which the column appears in the planning console.
Include in TooltipCheck box for the column to be shown in tooltip in timeline in the planning console.
WidthDefault width of the column in planning console.
Fire BR on SaveOption if the business rules should be triggered when the column is modified in the planning console.Note: The field is not visible on the form by default. Configure the form to add this field.
Trigger recalculationOption if the recalculation of date and duration should be triggered when the column is modified in the planning console.Note: The field is not visible on the form by default. Configure the form to add this field.
4.  Select **Submit**.

The column is added in the `Planning Console Display Column [pm_console_display_column]` table.

  1. Map the planning console display column created in step 2 to a column in a table defined in Planning Console Table [pm_console_table].

    1. In the Planning Console Display Column related list, open the display column record.

    2. To create a record of actual column in the Planning Console Column [pm_console_column] table, select New in Planning Console Columns related list.

    3. On the Planning Console Column form, fill in the fields.

FieldDescription
Display ColumnDisplay column created in the Planning Console Display Column `[pm_console_display_column]` table.
Console TableConsole table to be mapped to the display column.
TableActual table from where the data is pulled in the display column. The field is auto-populated when you select a Console Table.For example, select a table from `[pm_project]` or `[pm_project_task]` for a display column added in the Project planning console `Project [pm_project]`.
ColumnActual column in the Table from where data comes for the display column.
EditableCheck box to make the column editable in the planning console.
4.  Select **Submit**.

Result

The display column appears in the column filter list (

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Filter icon\) in the planning console.

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