Fourth Quarter 2026 Reporting enhancements

This page describes Reporting enhancements made with the Fourth Quarter 2026 release to the Preview environment. These enhancements will be made available in the Production environment as noted.

For a list of all changes available at this point in the Fourth Quarter 2026 release cycle, see Fourth Quarter 2026 release overview.

Native reference fields are available for lists and reports

You can now add native reference fields to lists and reports in Workfront.

A native reference field is a custom field. When the field is on a custom form attached to an object, the field is populated from the object data. For example, if the field references the Description field and it is on a custom form attached to a project, it pulls in the project description. (The field may show “N/A” if no data is available.)

For information about creating native reference fields, including the list of supported native fields, see Create a custom form.
For information about adding fields to reports, see Create a custom report.

Consistent ordering for multi-select field values in legacy lists and reports

You now see selected options for multi-select custom fields in a consistent, predictable order on legacy lists and reports. Field order is determined by how the fields are arranged in the custom form.

Previously, selected options displayed in the order you chose them, or in an inconsistent order, which made rows harder to scan and compare.

Note: The new sort does not apply if the field is using text mode.