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Custom Project Statuses

Create your own status names & colors

Written by Ellen Kajca

This article is about project statuses, such as On-track. For action card statuses, see Manage Action and Project Statuses in the Status Library.

Every workspace starts with four project statuses: On-track, Off-track, On-hold and At risk. A project's status shows in:

  • Project overview

  • Project navigator

  • Portfolio view

You can add your own project statuses in workspace settings.

Step 1: Click your profile picture, then click Settings

Step 2: Click Custom statuses, then click the Project statuses tab

Step 3: Click + Add new status

Step 4: Name your status, select a color, and click Add project status


Set the status on a project

On the project's Overview tab, click New status update, select your status, complete any fields required for that status, and select Create new status or Save, depending on the form.

Your workspace can require custom fields for selected statuses. A quick status change may open the full status update form so you can enter those values before saving. See required fields on project status updates for the submission and setup steps.

Note: Project statuses are shared across the workspace. Any workspace member can add one. Only the person who created a status, or a workspace admin, can edit or delete it. When you delete a status, projects that have it change to no status.

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