Display (and change) Project Status as Column on Portfolio View

[Michael_Smith16]

I’d like to see the status of all projects listed in a Portfolio view. And then be able to change the status of any displayed project with drop-down (like the other columns I display on Portfolio).

Asana Community > Product Ideas

[Larry_Berger_lpb]

@Michael_Smith16,

Are you aware that you can show Status and Status preview as columns in portfolios with Options > Hide/show columns:

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Thanks,

Larry

[Michael_Smith16]

@Larry_Berger_lpb - Thanks for this info, I had forgotten that this show/hide lived there.

I would suggest this is NOT an intuitive user experience. Maybe it’s ok for these hidden fields to be made visible here as one option, but ideally it’s in both places…

I click on the + button to add a column. I expect to see ALL possible options there. Status is not shown because it is hidden. You guys should display the list of hidden fields here, so I can easily re-add them from the + menu.

Thanks, Michael

[Larry_Berger_lpb]

@Michael_Smith16,

I agree that this UI, and some other tentacles of it, needs improvement/clarification.

The + menu is apparently meant to cover only Asana Custom Fields (which they confusingly refer to as “field” in the tooltip and elsewhere; I feel it should be “Custom Field.”

Status and Status Preview (which I sometimes call built-in metadata fields to distinguish from custom fields) are referred to as “columns” sometimes, but that’s confusing because custom fields can be columns or not. Also, contrary to the meaning of “fields” with the + menu, “fields” in the following context means both custom fields and built-in metadata fields:

All of the above are equally problems both for 1) portfolios, and 2) projects.

Since this Asana Community > Product Ideas title and OP no longer really apply, I’d recomment you open a new one asking for the UI improvement you want. You’re welcome to include a link to this post if you agree with any of what I pointed out here, so as to incorporate it into that request. If you do this, let me know and I’ll close out this topic after you do.

@Michael_Smith16

You guys…

Just to be clear, I’m just a volunteer here, and an Asana Services Partner (with a past career in user experience design).

Thanks,

Larry

[Michael_Smith16]

Thanks, Larry - I added this request additionally here: Change Plus (+) Button Function to Provide Display Options for BOTH Custom Fields & Default Metadata Fields

[Larry_Berger_lpb]

Thanks, @Michael_Smith16; I voted!