Custom fields by task type
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Ivan Villa
Problem:
Custom fields can become messy when you have different types of work (tasks) within the same lists. For example, having a bug, feature, and an epic task all in the same list would cause them all to have the same custom fields, even though I would want specific ones for each type.
Other issues arise when fields that should only belong to the top-level task spread down to all its subtasks.
Ask:
Custom fields should have the option to be added to a custom task type itself.
- Whenever I create a new task of that type, it will come along with all its custom fields.
- Those fields will not spread to any task that is not of that type.
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Ivan Villa
Hey Everyone 👋
I know there is a good number of people looking forward to custom fields by task type. I wanted to share this demo video I made for those in the beta, going over what custom fields by task type will bring.
Feel free to ask any questions!
If you signed up for the beta, we are working on some remaining items so we can further roll things out, but this is the team's focus!
Ivan Villa
Hey everyone! Just wanted to say we have made another big push on getting beta users in. 🙌 We will be keeping an ear out for feedback next week after more people get to play with it and submit any quirks or pain points.
Now, if you aren’t seeing this in your workspace, we were having trouble with some of the IDs being invalid and some bounced emails. So, we have 2 options. Feel free to use the form again, but we are also looking to add a way to turn this on for yourself in the app. Working with the team on the details next week.
Josue Lony
Ivan Villa I've seen the new fields now and starting to make the changes to my space for a few hours now, it's amazing how is working, I will update my comment in a week, but right now this is a game changer
Thanks to you and to the team that made this possible
Francisco Rezende
Ivan Villa, I ended up not realizing the volume of comments, that there was a need to register on the form, but I need this functionality a lot, and this would help me a lot in many cases that I have on the same list, 2 types of task as different. I really wanted you to include me in this beta. I filled the form right now.
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Kieran Thomas
Ivan Villa looks good so far; pleased with how migrating custom fields works. Have sent you an email with one query, but overall, looks promising so far! Thx to the team for all of their hard work
Rakesh Rathore
Ivan Villa when i wanted to move the existing custom field in the task type when specifically its file/attachment type field its freeze not moving, there are some bug with the file type of cusotm fields.
Ivan Villa
Rakesh Rathore Thanks for reporting! will get this in front of the team 💪
Josue Lony
Rakesh Rathore
Ivan Villa
indeed, thats what I was coming to report, all my "File type" custom fields just keep spinning and never migrate to the task type, I don't know if it has to do that is moving a lot of files or something like that.
I have to say that the files that I previously upload to those custom fields were around 25-300mb
Scott Henning
Ivan Villa How do we sign up to be included for Beta features?
Ivan Villa
Scott Henning Posted the link above. We will be doing another patch in the upcoming week. We will also soon make it so you can switch to using the beta early in the app, just need to work through the details :)
Ivan Villa
Josue Lony This is helpful we are taking a look at this one!
Liam
Ivan Villa amazing work.
Is it possible to liaise with Joey in order to tie compatibility together with the mobile UI?
Really enjoying the direction you guys are taking ClickUp.
Joey
Liam We have a task for mobile as well, but will be releasing a bit later! That being said, if you use Custom Fields by Task Type, mobile works ok and it doesn't have any major bugs!
Liam
I am pleased to hear this Joey wonderful news. It seems like a positive shift for custom fields in ClickUp on a general use level and also from the perspective of mobile when viewing a unit of work on the go.
This offers a degree of customisation that better aligns with the shape of the business using your platform.
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Wout Verhoeven
Can I join the beta too?
Janne
Spotted this beta feature active in my workspace (though I haven’t seen an announcement yet). Looks very promising! A few bits of feedback while it’s fresh:
Field visibility in views:
When adding fields as columns, there's currently no way to distinguish between location-level and task-type (or item-type) fields—they all show up as workspace-level by default. As more fields get populated over time, this could become quite messy and confusing, especially in views where certain fields are irrelevant. A way to scope visibility by hierarchy (location, task type, etc.) would be extremely helpful.
Item-level fields in lists = 👍
I really appreciate that item-level fields can be added to lists and show as blank when not enabled for that task type. If these were only visible inside the item, this feature would be half as useful. That said, if your architecture allows, it’d be amazing if non-applicable field columns could be automatically hidden when grouping by task type. That would let me collapse multiple task types into a single list view without clutter from irrelevant field columns—huge win for simplification.
Lilly
Ivan Villa Will it be possible to customize the fields that display at the top of a task card, too? Even if we just prevent some of the current fields from showing at the top, that would help with confusion. For example, in a task where we might have multiple date fields, it may cause confusion with "due date" being at the top while the other dates aren't right next to it, or Status may not be clear without context of a "stage" custom field.
Matthew Burt
Lilly I'm fairly certain this is a separate issue they are working on, but you are 100% correct that this is a massive problem that needs to be fixed. It's ok to have these be the default for new users, but you've got to be able to pin things to the top, move things around, and hide things that aren't needed
Andrew Watson
Lilly I agree. 4 of the 8 can be turned off as their Clickapps let you choose in which spaces they are active (Priority, Tags, Time Estimate and Time tracking).
Perhaps a similar approach to turn the other 4 defaults off at the space level via a clickapp would be a solution?
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Rakesh Rathore
I'm eagerly waiting for this, waiting for beta,
Please rease ASAP
Liam
Hi Ivan Villa, really happy with this direction. I'd like to offer myself up as a beta tester for the feature when you guys are ready. I see a number of use cases for myself and a few UX journey gaps that it'll close. I'd love the opportunity to give feedback on it?
Mostafa Shabanpour
When will this feature be released?
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Angie Seseri
Checking this almost daily...can't wait for beta to roll out
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Angie Seseri
Ivan Villa I signed up for Beta and can see others have been released but nothing here yet
Paul Wade
Love seeing that this is showing IN PROGRESS.
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