Update project fields including custom fields

Question

Hello forum members,
i am trying to write a utility that would migrate project data from Oracle database into Project Server by using CSOM. However, SetCustomFieldValue() method is not working for me. I am getting the following  'Microsoft.ProjectServer.Client.ProjectCreationInformation'
does not contain a definition for 'SetCustomFieldValue'. Any ideas? Is there a better way to do this with PSI? I would appreciate some code samples.
                //todo: replace code to pull values from db
                using (OracleConnection connection = new OracleConnection(connectionString))
                    newProj.Id = Guid.NewGuid();
                    newProj.Name = projName;
                    newProj.Description = "Test creating a project with CSOM";
                    newProj.Start = DateTime.Today.Date;
                    newProj.EnterpriseProjectTypeId = GetEptUid(basicEpt);
                    newProj.SetCustomFieldValue("Custom_<c22c082a-3490-e311-b25c-0050569d03ac>", "Approved"); //does not work
tatiana

Answer 1

ok. i found the answer! here is a link to the blog where i found it: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/brismith/archive/2010/08/25/project-server-adding-custom-fields-to-projects-and-tasks-using-the-psi.aspx
here is the solution on how to add a value to a custom field by using PSI and it worked for me:
 //Adding a row for my first custom field 
                SvcProject.ProjectDataSet.ProjectCustomFieldsRow cfRowCost = templateDs.ProjectCustomFields.NewProjectCustomFieldsRow();
                cfRowCost.PROJ_UID = templateRow.PROJ_UID;
                // The Custom_Field_UID is the unique identifier for each custom field row
                cfRowCost.CUSTOM_FIELD_UID = Guid.NewGuid();
                // The MD_PROP_UID identifies the specific custom field
                cfRowCost.MD_PROP_UID = new Guid("6c289ce3-eb97-e311-87f7-0050569d03ac");
                //give it a value
                cfRowCost.TEXT_VALUE = "programmatically added to custom field";
                //Adding to the dataset
                templateDs.ProjectCustomFields.AddProjectCustomFieldsRow(cfRowCost);
tatiana