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AnthonyPernice
Level 7
June 19, 2019
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Reporting on Typeahead Fields

  • June 19, 2019
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Text mode has long been my achilles heel in Workfront, so I hope someone here can help me out. I have a Task report and I need to display information from a Project-level custom form, specifically one of the brand-new Typeahead fields. I can get the info to display easily in a Project report, but it doesn't show as an option in my Task report. Anyone know how I can use text mode to make this work? Thanks. Anthony Pernice Healthcare Consultancy Group
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EXP_-_DustinMa
Level 8
September 4, 2019
Aha Skye caught my mistake.. I didn't pay enough attention. The issue you'll run into Kristine is that the project object is 'above' the issue object. So you can do a collections, but that can only be done on a view, not as a calculated field. The reason behind this is because you can have multiple issues on a project, so the system has no idea which issue you're referring to. Hope that helps! Thanks, Dustin Martin Assigned Support Engineer Workfront
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SkyeHa
Level 10
September 4, 2019
Kristine: You should just put the same field (not the calculated field) in the project custom form. When you convert it to the project using a template with that custom form, all the information should carry over. -skye
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KAM30
Level 3
December 28, 2022

Hi everyone, I'm trying to follow this thread but having difficulty. On my custom form called Intake (it creates project, task, issue object types) I have a typeahead user field with the name of "MCCMS Intake Who is your SupervisorUserName". On the same custom form, I'm trying to create a calculated text field using the syntax of {Who is Your SupervisorMCCMS Intake Who is your SupervisorUserName:name} but it says invalid. I've even used the Fields lookup and it says "It doesn't look like that matches any available fields"

 

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. 

skyehansen
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skyehansenCommunity Advisor and Adobe Champion
December 28, 2022

Just leaving a reminder at the bottom of this thread that due to 22.3 release, you should check older syntax such as what's advised here, against what is currently prescribed.

https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/workfront/using/product-announcements/product-releases/release-22-3/22-3-release-overview.html?lang=en

ErichG
ErichG
Level 2
September 25, 2019
Excellent thread with lots of good information. I can't escape the thought that the Typeahead field type would be much more powerful with the ability to report on custom fields associated to that object. I took the liberty of submitting this idea on the exchange. https://experience.workfront.com/s/idea/0870z000000XhPJAA0/detail Erich Giltinan Navy Federal Credit Union
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