Change project - project definition - customer fields

Hi experts,
I defined a new customer field for project definition. When I check it CJ02->Project definition then from main menu: Details->Project definition customer fields then For some projects this menu item is active and for some is inactive. It should be active for all. Anyone knows on what it depends? Thank you in advance
Best regards
Paul Smuda

How can I recognize if project is created with old profile?
Open the project, that you want to check, in CJ20N and in the control tab check the project profile. Compare this with the projects for which the customer field is being displayed.
I doubt whether this could be the cause for your issue. If nothing helps i would suggest you to raise this with SAP.

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for example if user A define a project and set "project code = 1" if user B define another project and wants to save "project code =1" for it, the server doesn't allow him to save this value and he has to change value for example to 2
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First of all you need to have Project server development environment also for coding visual studio hands on is required.
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you can get the overview from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ms457477(v=office.14).asp
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can get the information about SDK: Download SDK.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ms512767(v=office.14).aspx
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Generate Unique ID for Project using a webpart
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message: {
lang: "en-US"
value: "PJClientCallableException: CustomFieldRequiredValueNotProvided CustomFieldRequiredValueNotProvided mdpropuid = 9d77d62a-a92e-4d40-adc8-446c90eb7456"
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<PROJ_UID>e1c2d38b-1529-4128-b707-42a94045e55b</PROJ_UID>
<MD_PROP_UID>9d77d62a-a92e-4d40-adc8-446c90eb7456</MD_PROP_UID>
<FIELD_TYPE_ENUM>21</FIELD_TYPE_ENUM>
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<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
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