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Option to create custom fields for tasks

How it works: In the planner settings, you can create and customize the field and then select which projects it will be available, including the "all projects" option. Each task created now will have the new custom fields avaliable inside the card.

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Rubens do Carmo shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
AdminPlanner Team (Product Manager, Planner) responded  · 

Thanks for your feedback!

We’d like to add custom columns to Planner, but don’t have anything planned at this time. We’re working on three big initiatives that are landing later this year (stay tuned!) and will likely start work on recurring tasks soon after.

Please continue to vote as we utilize UserVoice heavily to order our product backlog and will adjust regularly if things change!

Thanks again for your patience and feedback,
The Planner Team

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  • Stefan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    See also: "Feature similar to Trello Power ups"

    https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/19407475-feature-similar-to-trello-power-ups

    Planner should be extensible similar to Trello Power ups. This makes it very easy for third party integrations to work.

    Indeed, Power ups are the killer feature in Trello. If there is anything the Planner team can learn from Trello than it is how with Power ups they turned a nice kanban tool into an indispensable application central to all team activities. The introduction of Power ups is comparable to the introduction of apps on the iPhone. A stroke of genius. It seem that currently the Planner team is wasting its time on nice-to-have features like calendar integration rather than boldly pursuing Planner's future as the new platform for all team work. But maybe the Planner team behind the scene is already working on their version of Power ups and will surprise us all. Time will tell.

  • Stefan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Trello Power ups are the way to go. See also "Feature similar to Trello Power ups"

    https://planner.uservoice.com/forums/330525-microsoft-planner-feedback-forum/suggestions/19407475-feature-similar-to-trello-power-ups

    "Indeed, Power ups are the killer feature in Trello. If there is anything the Planner team can learn from Trello than it is how with Power ups they turned a nice kanban tool into an indispensable application central to all team activities. The introduction of Power ups is comparable to the introduction of apps on the iPhone. A stroke of genius. It seem that currently the Planner team is wasting its time on nice-to-have features like calendar integration rather than boldly pursuing Planner's future as the new platform for all team work. But maybe the Planner team behind the scene is already working on their version of Power ups and will surprise us all. Time will tell."

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    From my initial evaluation of Planner, i'd find it very useful to at least include an "On Hold" and "Pending" Status.

  • Nathan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    WE NEED IT!!! This is actually a great system and well put together, but we just need that one extra piece to make it completely useable.

  • Chris commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I agree. Status should be fully configurable as Trello (key competitor) allows you to do. Microsoft Planner needs to provide some more autonomy to users with perhaps elevated permissions such as Administrators to do this. Is a very powerful tool otherwise. Hope to see this changed!!

  • Huw Lynch commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This feature would make planner useful; without this feature we have to put more effort into managing work.

  • Arden Shackelford commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Looking at competitors on the market, the ability to add custom field would really help Planner rank higher in our search for a good project/task management tool

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    hi

    this is very important custom field addition to ensure that the tasks are smoother enough

  • Anil commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I would like to see "Approved"... "Ready for testing"... "Ready for production"... "On Hold", there are simply too many possible statuses to try and create a list. It needs to be open to what user/company needs.

  • Rahul Singh commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Glad to see i'm not the only one :)

    Really need the ability to create own statuses, would be the best!

    Also if you could just create new tasks from "My Tasks" view and assign them to the different buckets and statuses.

  • kimper commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    There are a large number of request for custom fields on tasks. All these suggestion should be consolidated to reflect accurately the need for such feature.

    As one user pointed out, without this many of us will not be able to switch from other provider such as Trello.

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