User guide / Custom columns / Adding custom columns
Managing a projectAdding custom columns
Text, number, date, choice list, progress, workload, budget: add your own information to tasks and projects.
1 min read updated October 2026
Each organisation follows information of its own: an order number, a risk level, a client, a delivery date… Custom columns let you add it to tasks as well as to projects.
Adding a column
- 1In the List view (of a project, or of the project list), open the columns menu.
- 2Choose Add a column and its type.
- 3Name it and set its options, then confirm.
Column types
Text
Free text. History option: each new entry is added to the previous ones, dated, instead of replacing them.
Number
A numeric value, added up in the Total row.
Date
A single date, or a date range (start and end).
Choice list
Options to select, shown as text, as an icon or both.
Progress
A progress bar calculated from tasks or milestones, or entered manually.
Workload and 💶 Budget
Planned and actual days, or planned and spent amounts, depending on your organisation's options.
System columns
The basic columns (title, description, creation date, owner…) can be renamed or hidden, and are used for sorting and filtering like the others.
Good to know: a history column keeps track of how a piece of information changes over time (for example a weekly status update), without erasing anything.
Frequently asked questions
Can I sort and filter on a custom column?
Yes, just like on the basic columns.
Who can add columns?
Project administrators for task columns; organisation administrators for project list columns.