Project Overrides
Project overrides let you customise how a field behaves in a specific project — making it required, changing its default value, restricting its options, or hiding it entirely — without affecting the field's global definition or any other project.
What can be overridden per project?
| Override | What it controls | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Required | Whether the field must be filled in before saving | All field types |
| Default Value | Value pre-populated when a new case, result, or session is created | All field types |
| Options | Project-specific option list, replacing the global options | DROPDOWN, MULTI_SELECT |
| Subfields | Rename, enable/disable, and reorder the 4 step slots for this project | STEPS only |
Overrides are independent per project. Changing an override for one project has no effect on other projects. If no override is set for a project, the field's global settings apply.
Project assignment modes
When you create or edit a field, you choose how it is assigned to projects. This also affects how overrides work.
- All Projects
- The field is active in every project by default. You can add per-project overrides on top to customise behaviour for specific projects — but the field is always present everywhere.
- Selected Projects
- The field is only active in the projects you explicitly assign it to. Each assignment can have its own override configuration. Projects not listed will not see the field at all.
- Mixed mode
- A field set to All Projects can also have specific project overrides. In mixed mode, the specific project override takes precedence; all other projects use the global field defaults. This is useful when you want a field everywhere but need different behaviour in a handful of projects.
How to configure an override
- Find the field on the REPOSITORY or SESSIONS tab.
- Click the Overrides button on that field's row.
- In the overrides modal, select the project or projects to configure.
- Set the required state, default value, options (for DROPDOWN/MULTI_SELECT), or subfield slots (for STEPS fields).
- Click Save. The override takes effect immediately for that project.
Removing an override
To remove an override and return a project to the field's global settings, open the overrides modal, select the project, and delete the override. The field will then behave according to its global definition in that project.