How to create custom task field in project server 2019 using csom

Question

Hi team,

I created a task column in project sever, but through code I'm unable to get it. Please provide the code if some one already worked on it.

Answer 1

Hi @Raj Shekar ,

Do you want to create a new item in a task List using CSOM? If my understanding is incorrect, please contact me.

If yes, according to my research and testing, you can refer to the following code to achieve it:

                List targetList = context.Web.Lists.GetByTitle("task");  
  
                ListItemCreationInformation oListItemCreationInformation = new ListItemCreationInformation();  
                ListItem oItem = targetList.AddItem(oListItemCreationInformation);  
                oItem["Title"] = "test2";  
                oItem["DueDate"] = DateTime.ParseExact("2022-09-22 08:00 AM", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm tt", null);  
                oItem["StartDate"] = DateTime.ParseExact("2022-09-21 08:00 AM", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm tt", null);  
                oItem.Update();  
                context.ExecuteQuery();  

My test result:

More information for reference: Create List Item in SharePoint using CSOM

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Answer 2

Hi TongZhangMSFT-7548,

Sorry , I was not explained properly. Sorry for that. Actually i'm working on project server 2019 using csom, I want to update custom task field name "ProjectID" of the project need to be updated, sample code as below:

string projname = "testproject";

                         var projcoll = projectContext.LoadQuery(projectContext.Projects.Where(p => p.Name == projname).Include(  
                 p => p.Name,  
                 p => p.Tasks,  
                 p => p.Tasks.Include(  
                     t => t.Name,  
                     t => t.PercentComplete,  
                     t => t.CustomFields  
                   )  
                 ));  




            
            projectContext.ExecuteQuery();  
            PublishedProject pubproj = projcoll.FirstOrDefault();  
            DraftProject draft = pubproj.Draft;  

            projectContext.Load(projectContext.EnterpriseResources);  
            projectContext.ExecuteQuery();  

            JobState job1 = projectContext.WaitForQueue(draft.CheckIn(true), 50);  


            DraftProject projCheckedOut = pubproj.CheckOut().IncludeCustomFields;  

            projectContext.Load(projCheckedOut.Tasks);  
            projectContext.ExecuteQuery();  

            foreach (var task in projCheckedOut.Tasks)  
            {  

                        projectContext.Load(task.CustomFields);  
                    projectContext.ExecuteQuery();  



                    foreach (CustomField cus in task.CustomFields)  
                    {  
                        Console.WriteLine(cus.Name);  
                        if (cus.Name == "ProjectID")  
                        {  
                            Console.WriteLine("Found ProjectID Field at Task Level" + " TaskNAme as  " + task.Name);  
                              
                            string intname = cus.InternalName.ToString();  
                            string cusvalue = task[intname].ToString();  
                              
                                task[intname] = projectNum;  
                              
                        }  


                    }  


                }  


                projCheckedOut.Update();  

                  

                         JobState jobState = projectContext.WaitForQueue(projCheckedOut.Publish(true), 20);  

But im not able to fetch the customfield

Answer 3

Hi @Raj Shekar ,

Our forum mainly discusses about SharePoint, since your question is about project server 2019, we suggest you create a new thread on techcommunity for help. Thanks for your understanding.

Techcommunity:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/project/bd-p/Project

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