In most PWA views (Project Center views, Project detail views, etc.), there are three fields that Project Server will not allow you to remove from the view:
- Name (project name, task name, etc.)
- Start
- Finish
What if you want to hide one or more these fields from a view... either because they are irrelevant to the information that you need to display, or because there are other fields (either built-in or custom) that better display the desired data in the view?
In this example, I create a Project Milestone Report that only shows milestone tasks, and for each milestone, the report shows the milestone's ID, Name, Finish, and % Complete... with each milestone's Start date hidden because it is irrelevant.
1. Move the unwanted field(s) to the right side of the table.
In the Table and Fields section of the New View / Edit View page, select the Start field and move it to the bottom of the Displayed fields list by clicking the Down button:
2. Set the unwanted field(s) to 1-pixel width.
With the Start field selected, select the Field width option, then enter a width of 1 pixel.
After adding a filter to the view (Milestone equals Yes) and configuring other view parameters, save the view.
Displaying the new view shows that the Start field appears to be hidden:
However, dragging the vertical splitter bar (separating the data table from the Gantt chart) to the right shows a minor indication that there is an extra single-pixel-wide field on the right side of the data table:
Grabbing the right edge of the right-most column and dragging it to the right exposes the hidden Start field:
Good luck!