The project field in new entity layout should be able to be reordered. The project field directly affects what results are shown when finding entities in other fields. When the project is set it automatically filters so you only see entities for the selected project.
It seems like the project field is hard coded to be placed at the bottom of the layout, and you are prevented from re-ordering it.
This is not intuitive, and has repeatedly caused artists to incorrectly assign tasks from the wrong project.
In the current Field Properties dialog, the Project checkbox is disabled so you can’t add it. It would be nice if instead it was always added to the fields on the right but the trash can icon was disabled so you can’t remove it. The important part is that the project field is shown and the re-order button works.
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I think you will need to submit that as a support request with autodesk.
I’m curious, are you talking about the time log entity when you say artists are selecting the wrong tasks?
Yeah the inciting incident was for time logs and those are the fields we are showing in the New Time Log layout. However this issue can apply to linking to any project based entity.
This is likely only a problem for non-project based pages as the project field is hidden if the page is for a specific project.
Our artist home screen is not project specific as they often are working on more than one project at the same time, so having to fill out time logs split between projects would make a process they already don’t like even more difficult.
Usually if you try to create an entry on a global page from within a project it will auto populate the project.
For example, if the artist hits the “+” on the time log field on their task it should populate with the project and task link. This should also work if they use the shortcut on the task details activity page.
As I said project specific pages are not a good fit for this workflow.
I’m reporting a problem with the interface design to see if others also have run into it. I know I’ve run into this problem for years now and not bothered to see if anyone else has noticed the issue.
I just tried this on the global Task page and clicked on the plus icon to make a timelog and the dialog is properly filled in.
Yeah, I understand your need for a global artist facing main page. But like in the image Ricardo just shared, you can still have a global task list page and utilize the add time log feature to auto link the time log to the required task/project.
Still use a time log entity page or a graph widget to help artists review their daily/weekly entries but they should be entered from the task. If you try to use a time log page to add them, then you will have issues manually linking them to the correct tasks unless all of your tasks have unique names.
I will say it would be great to have the option to turn on additional field info when filling in entity link fields like that (ie: link a task but also see the linked entity name, shot/asset/whatever) but at the moment I don’t believe that is a thing.
You can always built your own form with an AMI and completely take over the Timelog Entity Creation Create Timelog button.
This feature was introduced a year or two ago.
