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title: Space Optimization
description: As a space planner, you can use the Workplace Central to monitor all your scenarios and workplace-related information from a single page called Space Optimization.
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canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/workplace-space-management/space-optimization.html
release: australia
product: Workplace Space Management
classification: workplace-space-management
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Explore, Workplace Space Management, Workplace Service Delivery, Employee Service Management]
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# Space Optimization

As a space planner, you can use the Workplace Central to monitor all your scenarios and workplace-related information from a single page called Space Optimization.

## Benefits of Space Optimization

As a space planner, you can do the following using the Space Optimization module:

-   View the active number of all the scenarios created in your organization, the ones that were created by you, published scenarios and draft scenarios.
-   View and work on space assistance requests raised in the organization.
-   Monitor the total number of space assistance requests raised and view their current status at any time.
-   Create a scenario for a building or multiple buildings.
-   Open a scenario owned by you and make changes using the stack plan.
-   View a scenario and see the space allocations in a stack plan or floor map view. You can review a scenario in a read-only mode and share your feedback on space allocations with the scenario owner or other stake holders.
-   Create a single scenario or multiple scenarios. You can work on multiple scenarios at a time, and publish them so that your colleagues or stake holders can review. After finalizing, you can deploy the best one.
-   View all buildings stack plans of your organization. You can also create a scenario directly from the building details page.
-   Perform map-based administration with Workplace Indoor Mapping maps. View space allocations and assignments on a floor map. Change allocations on the map directly.
-   View users assigned to a space, assign a user to a space or remove an assigned user.
-   Change a space assignment from flexible to permanent or vice versa.
-   Add, change, or remove a single allocation or multiple allocations at a time if you want to change their existing department or cost center.

For more information about the Space Optimization homepage key features, refer to [Space Optimization - Key features and actions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/workplace-central/space-optmization-features-and-actions-.md).

## Installing and accessing Space Optimization

You must install the following plugins to use the Space Optimization module:

-   Workplace Central
-   Workplace Space Management
-   Workplace Case Management
-   Workplace Indoor Mapping

To open the Space Optimization module, follow any of the following steps on Employee Center:

-   Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Workplace Central** > **Space Optimization**.
-   Navigate to **All** > **Workplace Central** > **Workplace Central** > **Space Optimization**

You can also view the scenarios created by you from **All**

## View Space Optimization metrics

You can view Space Optimization metrics in the Workplace Analytics dashboard. For more information, see [View Space Optimization metrics](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/workplace-central/view-space-opt-analytics.md).

## View Space Occupancy metrics

Ensure that you have installed the Workplace Connectors application. For more information Occupancy Dashboard metrics, see [View Occupancy Dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/workplace-central/view-badging-tables.md).

**Parent Topic:**[Exploring Workplace Space Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/workplace-space-management/explore_wsm.md)

**Parent Topic:**[Explore Workplace Central](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/workplace-central/workplace-central.md)

**Related topics**  


[Scenario Planning]()

[Schedule Planning]()

[Allocation - types, setting, and impact]()

[Lists module]()

[Workplace Analytics]()

[Space Planning]()

[Space assistance]()

[Event Planner]()

[Move Management]()

[Case management]()

[Kiosk Indoor Mapping]()