# How to obtain the selected custom field value from a project in a protfolio? **URL:** \ **Category:** API & Developers\ **Created:** [19 August 2023 18:13 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-to-obtain-the-selected-custom-field-value-from-a-project-in-a-protfolio/512771 "2023-08-19T18:13:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David171](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@David171](https://forum.asana.com/u/David171)\ **Post date:** [19 August 2023 18:13 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-to-obtain-the-selected-custom-field-value-from-a-project-in-a-protfolio/512771/1 "2023-08-19T18:13:39Z")
I’ve been trying to get to the actual selected values of my custom fields but seems like I can only get the existing fields but not their values? i.e. Using Python: # create an instance of the API class api\_instance = asana.CustomFieldSettingsApi(asana.ApiClient(configuration)) project\_gid = ‘MYPROJECT\_GID’ opt\_fields = [“custom\_field.name.display\_value”] try: # Get a project’s custom fields api\_response = api\_instance.get\_custom\_field\_settings\_for\_project(project\_gid, opt\_fields=opt\_fields) pprint(api\_response) except ApiException as e: print(“Exception when calling CustomFieldSettingsApi-\>get\_custom\_field\_settings\_for\_project: %s\n” % e) I get this: ```auto {'data': [{'custom_field': {'asana_created_field': None, 'created_by': None, 'currency_code': None, 'custom_label': None, 'custom_label_position': None, 'date_value': None, 'description': None, 'display_value': None, 'enabled': None, 'enum_options': None, 'enum_value': None, 'format': None, 'gid': '1205091168333886', 'has_notifications_enabled': None, 'is_formula_field': None, 'is_global_to_workspace': None, 'is_value_read_only': None, 'multi_enum_values': None, 'name': 'Priority', 'number_value': None, 'people_value': None, 'precision': None, 'resource_subtype': None, 'resource_type': None, 'text_value': None, 'type': None}, 'gid': '1205091168333892', 'is_important': None, 'parent': None, 'project': None, 'resource_type': None}, {'custom_field': {'asana_created_field': None, 'created_by': None, 'currency_code': None, 'custom_label': None, 'custom_label_position': None, 'date_value': None, 'description': None, 'display_value': None, 'enabled': None, 'enum_options': None, 'enum_value': None, 'format': None, 'gid': '1205091168333899', 'has_notifications_enabled': None, 'is_formula_field': None, 'is_global_to_workspace': None, 'is_value_read_only': None, 'multi_enum_values': None, 'name': 'Status', 'number_value': None, 'people_value': None, 'precision': None, 'resource_subtype': None, 'resource_type': None, 'text_value': None, 'type': None}, 'gid': '1205091168333906', 'is_important': None, 'parent': None, 'project': None, 'resource_type': None}, {'custom_field': {'asana_created_field': None, 'created_by': None, 'currency_code': None, 'custom_label': None, 'custom_label_position': None, 'date_value': None, 'description': None, 'display_value': None, 'enabled': None, 'enum_options': None, 'enum_value': None, 'format': None, 'gid': '1205091168333914', 'has_notifications_enabled': None, 'is_formula_field': None, 'is_global_to_workspace': None, 'is_value_read_only': None, 'multi_enum_values': None, 'name': 'Effort level', 'number_value': None, 'people_value': None, 'precision': None, 'resource_subtype': None, 'resource_type': None, 'text_value': None, 'type': None}, 'gid': '1205091168333920', 'is_important': None, 'parent': None, 'project': None, 'resource_type': None}], 'next_page': None} ``` Ideally I’d like to get the values selected for: - ‘name’: ‘Priority’ - ‘name’: ‘Status’ - ‘name’: ‘Effort level’ Any ideas? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Phil\_Seeman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/phil_seeman/32/81525_2.png) [@Phil\_Seeman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Phil_Seeman)\ **Post date:** [19 August 2023 20:07 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-to-obtain-the-selected-custom-field-value-from-a-project-in-a-protfolio/512771/2 "2023-08-19T20:07:43Z")
In Asana, “custom field settings” refers to the definition of what custom fields are configured to belong to a project or portfolio; it’s only related to the configuration, not to any actual data of objects in that portfolio or project. To get the actual values of custom fields in a project, you’ll want to use this endpoint: > **[Get a project](https://developers.asana.com/reference/getproject)** > > Returns the complete project record for a single project. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Vu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/john_vu/32/97235_2.png) [@John\_Vu](https://forum.asana.com/u/John_Vu)\ **Post date:** [21 August 2023 21:07 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-to-obtain-the-selected-custom-field-value-from-a-project-in-a-protfolio/512771/3 "2023-08-21T21:07:20Z")
Hi @David171, @Phil_Seeman is right. If you want to get the actual values of the custom fields in your project you’ll want to call our [Get a project](https://developers.asana.com/reference/getproject) endpoint. Here’s how you would do that with our python client library (v4.X.X): ```plaintext import asana from asana.rest import ApiException from pprint import pprint # Configure access token configuration = asana.Configuration() configuration.access_token = '' api_client = asana.ApiClient(configuration) # Create a project API Instance project_api_instance = asana.ProjectsApi(api_client) # Query params project_gid = "" opt_fields = ["custom_fields"] try: # Get a project api_response = project_api_instance.get_project(project_gid, opt_fields=opt_fields) pprint(api_response.data.custom_fields) except ApiException as e: print("Exception when calling ProjectsApi->get_project: %s\n" % e) ``` Here’s what the result would look like from running the above code. NOTE: this result is from having a single select custom field on the project so yours will probably look different: ```plaintext [{'date_value': None, 'display_value': 'CF Option 1', 'enabled': True, 'enum_options': [{'color': 'green', 'enabled': True, 'gid': '', 'name': 'CF Option 1', 'resource_type': 'enum_option'}, {'color': 'red', 'enabled': True, 'gid': '', 'name': 'CF Option 2', 'resource_type': 'enum_option'}], 'enum_value': {'color': 'green', 'enabled': True, 'gid': '', 'name': 'CF Option 1', 'resource_type': 'enum_option'}, 'gid': '', 'is_formula_field': False, 'multi_enum_values': None, 'name': 'This is a custom field', 'number_value': None, 'resource_subtype': 'enum', 'resource_type': 'custom_field', 'text_value': None, 'type': 'enum'}] ``` In this example the selected value for the single select custom field for this project is: ```plaintext 'enum_value': {'color': 'green', 'enabled': True, 'gid': '', 'name': 'CF Option 1', 'resource_type': 'enum_option'}, ``` ![project_cf](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/a/e/aee7f53db25b892853af4923296a24a8f62ac8ed.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/system/32/276370_2.png) [@system](https://forum.asana.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [30 May 2025 19:01 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-to-obtain-the-selected-custom-field-value-from-a-project-in-a-protfolio/512771/4 "2025-05-30T19:01:45Z")
Closed on 30 May 2025 19:01 UTC