The possibility of adding additional fields enables personalising PlanningPME Web Access with specific information concerning your particular area of activity.

Custom fields can be created from the Data -> Custom fields menu.

You may add additional information in the following windows:
- Client - Informations
- Client - Tab 1 to 3
- Equipment : List of equipment in the customer card
- Unavailability
- Project - Informations
- Project - Tab 1 to 3
- Sub-project : List of sub-projects in the project card
- Human resources - Informations
- Human resources - Tab 1 to 3
- Material resources - Informations
- Material resources - Tab 1 to 3
- Task - General
- Task - Tab 1 to 5

Here are the various types of field that you may create.

Address: This field is used to specify an address so that it can be easily displayed on a map.

Multiple choice: You can select several items from a choice list.

Single choice: A drop-down menu will be created with the criteria that you wish.You can choose a single item from the list.Please note that a “+” button to the right of the single-choice lists lets you add a new value directly.

Comments: The possibility to add free-form text.

Date: Ability to choose a date - the date of birth of your employees for example.

Attached file: Ability to download and/or save a document. When a file is attached to an event, an icon appears on the event.

Geolocation: This field can be used to provide geolocation, provided that geolocation is authorised on the user's device. The "Time Clock Mode" option lets you clock directly via an icon and record the date, time and location of the clocking.

Time: Ability to select a time of day

Hyperlink: Possibility to specify a link so that it can be easily opened from the event. (For example, a web link to an online meeting)

Decimal number/Integer: Ability to enter decimals or whole numbers

Yes/No: Box to tick

Signature: This additional field is used in the mobile version of PlanningPME. Using the mobile version, this enables having the client’s signature, which will appear here as an attachment.

Separator: For a better organisation of the various fields when displayed."LINK" - "TEXT"

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From the PlanningPME Web Access home page, go to the menu "Data" -> "Additional fields".:

Data: Choose the window in which the new fields are to appear.

Tab title: If you have decided to create your personalised fields in a new tab, enter the tab’s name and save it.

Then you have the possibility of creating several additional fields in the same tab by clicking on “Add”.

Various options are available, depending on the type of field selected

Type: See the previous chapter on the various field types

Field: Field name in the database. The name is to be written in capital letters without accents and without spaces

Label: Name that will appear when planning

Width: Field width in Pixels You can start with a value of 200 which can be adjusted as needed.

Height: Field height in Pixels You can start with a value of 200 which can be adjusted as needed.

Mandatory: You may oblige users to complete certain specific data fields. Mandatory fields will appear framed in red.

Default value: The value that will be used if nothing is entered in the field.

Visible in the mobile version: This field will appear for users who possess a mobile licence or not.

Read only: A field which may only be read and not changed.

Here are the different types of custom fields you can activate in the "Project" window.

Project start date: Start date of the oldest task assigned to a project.

Project end date: End date of the latest task assigned to a project.

Project duration: Sum of the durations of the tasks assigned to a project and to a human or material resource.

Project deadline: Project due date. This date is represented by a grey bar in the project view.

Project deadline passed: If the due date has passed, a warning icon appears on the project line in project view.

You may associate equipment with your clients. The term "equipment" is to be taken very widely and may include all sorts of information or objects that you wish to associate with a client: machines and equipment, but also contacts, contracts, files, projects, etc.

Snapshot of "equipment" in the client file: A new tab appears with the client’s equipment.

NB: The client number is mandatory to have the new ‘Equipment” type tab to be created.

Selecting equipment when creating an event: Select the client so that the list of his equipment appears.

cf. Electronic signature

cf. Selecting information displayed or distributed