Manage Workspaces in the Account
Video: Manage Workspaces in Account Administration
As an account administrator, you can monitor the workspaces in the account, for example, to make sure they are based on the correct template, or that you have enough disk space for the workspaces. You can view and modify key details of the workspaces as well.
Accessing Workspace Details and Customizing Your Workspace
You can see all the workspace that are created in your account along with the following details:
- Workspace name
- Last activity
- Created on date
- Space used
- Head administrator
- Manager
- Template used
- Department
- Cost code
To view a list of the projects contained in your Workspaces:
- Click the tool selector
in the top navigation bar and select Account administration.
- Click the Workspaces tab.
- You can customize this view and only include information most relevant to you. Click the Settings
menu and select Customize view.
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A new window appears. Click each checkbox to include the available column names you want to include. Use the drag and drop method to reorder the selected column names to arrange them in the order you prefer.
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Click Save to save your changes.
Using the Workspace Detail Pane
To see information pertaining to one Workspace:
- Click the name of the workspace you to open the workspace detail pane. Notice the workspace name is now highlighted in green and the detail pane appears on the right side of the window.
- You can add or make changes to the following Workspace elements:
- Cost Code
- Department
- Workspace storage limit
- Administrators
- Members
- Milestones
- Portfolios
You can also terminate a workspace from the selected workspace detail pane.
Filtering Workspaces
Filter your workspaces to find a particular workspace or search for workspaces with specific criteria.
- Click the Filter
icon near the top, left corner of the window
- Click each desired checkbox to perform a filtered search. The filter criteria categories include:
- Workspace name
- Storage used
- Storage limit
- Visibility
- Status
- Last activity
- Template type
- Department
- Portfolios
- Cost code
- Member type
- Workspace type
Selecting Workspace Settings
Account administrators can select settings that are appropriate for each new workspace. To set workspace settings:
- Click the tool selector
in the top navigation bar and select Account administration.
- Click the Workspaces tab.
- Click the Settings
menu and select Settings for new workspaces.
- In the Settings for new workspaces window, you can make changes to the following workspace settings:
- Information at start-up
- Templates
- Portfolios
- Click Save.
Manage Workspace Types
Account administrators can define custom values for workspace types that will be used by all the workspaces in the account.
To create, edit, or delete a workspace type:
- Click the tool selector
in the top navigation bar and select Account administration.
- Click the Workspaces tab.
- Click the More Options icon
located in the top right corner and select the Manage workspace types option.
- A new window appears with all the default types available for your account. Take any of the following actions:
- Create a new workspace type: Click + Add workspace type, then type the name of your new workspace type and press Enter.
- Edit an existing workspace type: Double-click the workspace type you want to edit, make the desired changes and press Enter.
- Delete a workspace type: Hover over the workspace type you want to delete and click the X.
- Click Save to save your changes.
Learn how to create, archive and delete workspaces.
Manage Workspace Statuses
Account administrators can define custom values for workspace statuses that will be used by all the workspaces in the account. The Not started and Completed workspace statuses are not editable, but you can create, edit, and delete any In progress workspace statuses.
To create, edit, or delete a workspace status:
- Click the tool selector
in the top navigation bar and select Account administration.
- Click the Workspaces tab.
- Click the More Options icon
located in the top right corner and select the Manage workspace status option.
- A new window appears with all the default types available for your account. In the In progress section, take any of the following actions:
- Create a new status type: Click + Add status, then type the name of your new workspace status and press Enter.
- Edit a status type: Double-click the status you want to edit, make the desired changes and press Enter.
- Delete a status type: Hover over the status you want to delete and click the X.
- Click Save to save your changes.
Download Workspace Data
Account Administrators can select up to 20 workspaces and download the data for the selected workspaces at the same time. Note that only non-archived workspaces can be selected for download, and archived workspaces need to be reopened in order to download the data.
To download the data for one or more workspaces:
- Click the tool selector
in the top navigation bar and select Account administration.
- Click the Workspaces tab.
- Use the checkboxes to select the workspaces that contain the data you want to download.
- In the detail pane, click the More menu icon
and select the Download workspace option.
- In the window that appears, select the information you would like to download from the workspaces and click Download.
- A link to a zip file for each workspace will be created and emailed to you.