Hi,
is there a way to add a new column to my OF projects and tasks?
Thanks!
Bart
Hi,
is there a way to add a new column to my OF projects and tasks?
Thanks!
Bart
No, thereâs not, unfortunately. The best you could get away with is using the notes field. If the data you wish to save is numeric, you might be able to use the estimated duration field, but that could be a bit wackyđ
Ah too bad. Thanks for your reply!
Sorry to disappoint! Weâre currently working on infrastructure changes that will allow custom column definitions in the future, but the feature itself is a ways off yet.
No worries Dave, I know what itâs like. Iâll figure out a way around it :)
I see OF3 is out and, unless I missed it, does not implement custom columns. Is there to be any eventual movement on this or is it abandoned? (I see that an app as young and unpolished as SheetPlanner has custom columns.) [âUnpolishedâ isnât a criticism. Itâs âyoung.â Itâs expected to be âunpolished.â:)]
SheetPlanner (which I use) is a very different app from OF. Itâs a lot more flexible (can be used for a wider variety of purposes), but it doesnât have the pause task management capabilities that OF has. SP is closer to (but still not the same as) OmniOutliner than OF.
I donât see that custom columns are likely to come to OF - thereâs been no significant talk of it in the last 3.5 years, and itâs not in the 2019 roadmap. If you need that feature, I think that youâll have to look elsewhere, unfortunately.
The 2016 work we were doing was to allow database format changes without hard cutoversâat the time we werenât sure exactly which features that would lead to. In OmniFocus 3 weâve added tags which I know are not exactly what the original request was, but without the context of a use case itâs hard to know how they arenât meeting your needs. We would definitely like to expose tags to perspectives more directly, and I think JavaScript automation also provides a lot of possibilities in the same area that a custom column definition would.
So, weâre interesting in hearing more about what youâd do with a custom metadata type, but Nick is correct that thatâs not something thatâs currently on the roadmap.