Custom Fields

An entity in Targetprocess may have multiple custom fields - up to 100 actually. Here we'll describe how to refer to custom field values in formulas used for Custom Formula Metrics and Calculated Custom Fields.

Inherit Custom Field values from an entity itself

Custom Formula Metrics:

Custom fields have various types. Custom formula metrics can extract values from fields of the following types:

• Text
• Number
• Date
• Boolean
• Entity

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Access to custom field values is different for Metrics and Calculated Custom Fields

In formulas of Calculated Custom Fields to get value of Custom Field "Field Name" use:
FieldName
In formulas for Metrics to get value of Custom Field "Field Name" use:
CustomValues.Text("Field Name")
CustomValues.Number("Field Name")
CustomValues.Date("Field Name")
CustomValues.Boolean("Field Name")

Type of an extracted value is determined automatically. There is no need to specify it manually. You just use name of the field. If a field name has spaces, skip them in your formulas.

Inherit Custom Field values from parent entity

Besides references to fields at own level entities can inherit custom field values from parent entities. Say a User Story, which is a most common entity type in Targetprocess, can inherit custom field values from parent entities: Features, Epics, Projects, etc. Same formulas are valid for other entity types such as Bugs, Tasks.

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Any Custom Field type is supported

The examples below use CustomValues.Number field type as most frequently used one. Other types such as Text, Date, Boolean, Entity are fully supported in the formulas as well.