I have a calculated field to show status that looks something like this, with additional IF statements for custom statuses. IF(Status="INP","In Progress",IF(Status="PLN","Planning",IF(Status="CPL","Completed",Status))) I've also followed that up with another calculated field to show the history as the status changes, ("Status History" and "Current Status" are the names of my custom fields) LEFT(IF(LEFT(Status History,LEN(IF(ISBLANK(Current Status),"-",Current Status)))=Current Status, Status History,CONCAT(IF(ISBLANK(Current Status),"-",Current Status)," (",$$NOW,") | ",Status History)),2000)