Add or Edit Custom Fields for a Workforce Request
Objective
To add or edit custom fields for a workforce request in Workforce Planning.
Background
Workforce requests are an efficient way to let your team know that you need a workforce resource for a particular project. Custom fields allow you to capture additional information about the workforce requests you are making.
Things to Consider
- Required User Permissions:
- 'Read Only' level permissions or higher on the Workforce Planning tool and 'Admin' level permissions within the Workforce Planning tool. See Create Permissions Templates for Workforce Planning.
OR
'Read Only' level permissions or higher on the Workforce Planning tool with the 'View Request', 'Create/Edit/Delete Own Requests' and 'Edit/Delete Others Requests' granular permissions within the Workforce Planning tool. See Create Permissions Templates for Workforce Planning.
- 'Read Only' level permissions or higher on the Workforce Planning tool and 'Admin' level permissions within the Workforce Planning tool. See Create Permissions Templates for Workforce Planning.
Prerequisites
- Configure Custom Fields for Workforce Planning
- If editing an existing request, you need to Create a Workforce Request.
Steps
You can add or edit custom fields on workforce requests from three (3) places in Workforce Planning:
Edit a Custom Field from the Request List
- Navigate to the Company level Workforce Planning tool.
- Click Requests and select Requests List.
- Locate the workforce request to edit and click the Gear icon.
- Locate the 'Custom Fields' section.
Note: Custom fields created for requests appear at the bottom of the 'Info' section. - Add or edit the information for the custom field.
- Click Save.
Edit a Custom Field from the Assignment Boards
- Navigate to the Company level Workforce Planning tool.
- Click Assignments and select Boards.
- Locate the workforce request to edit.
- Hover over the request and click the Gear icon
- Locate the custom field.
Note: Custom fields created for requests appear at the bottom of the 'Info' section. - Add or edit the information for the custom field.
- Click Save.
Edit a Custom Field from the Assignment Gantt
- Navigate to the Company level Workforce Planning tool.
- Click Assignments and select Gantt.
- Locate the workforce request to edit and click the colored bar.
- Click Edit Request.
- Locate the custom field.
Note: Custom fields created for requests appear at the bottom of the 'Info' section. - Add or edit the information for the custom field.
- Click Save.