We love using the advanced search / saved reports for collecting a powerful calendar view that captures and filters just what we need. However, how can this view use the existing project colors in some way? I understand that tasks can belong to multiple projects, which makes this tricky, but perhap…

Hi @Adam-Involute ! Very good question. I checked this from my side and I can see the color of the task in your calendar view is actually correlated to the first project/tag you added to your task. Let’s say, if you added the project color first, the task will show the color of the first project you …

@Adam-Involute - I think the colour is there, you just have to know what you are looking for. The little squares give you info - not that easy to see but once you know what you are looking for its not too bad. You can also see tags and custom fields [Screenshot%20(39)] [Screenshot%20(38)] [Scr…

@Ruth_Newnham , thanks for the comments. We do use custom fields, and those show up as you point out, but unfortunately, the project doesn’t. @Emily_Roman , thanks for clarifying the “first project/tag/field” correlation. Add my vote to the request for better control of coloring on these advanced sea…

@Adam-Involute - You might need to add this topic to the Product Feedback section so it can be voted on - there are already lots of topics regarding use of colour but not sure if there is one that already covers what you specifically want - might be worth you doing a search :slight_smile:

How to color tasks by project color in calendar view in an advanced search?

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How to color tasks by project color in calendar view in an advanced search?

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