--- title: Managing projects with Project Workspace description: Use the features of Project Workspace to plan and manage your project. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/project-workspace/use-projects-pw.html release: australia product: Project Workspace classification: project-workspace topic_type: concept last_updated: "2026-09-29" reading_time_minutes: 14 breadcrumb: [Project Workspace, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management] --- # Managing projects with Project Workspace Use the features of Project Workspace to plan and manage your project. \[Omitted image "project-workspace-homepage.png"\] Alt text: project-workspace-grid-view \[Omitted image "project-workspace-listview.png"\] Alt text: project-workspace-list-view Project managers can now edit the project details directly from the list view using the inline edit feature. The homepage contains the following UI components to help you navigate through the workspace.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Grid view of projects \(\[Omitted image "grid-view-homepage-icon.png"\] Alt text: grid view of projects.\) | Opens the project in grid view or card view. |
| List view of projects \(\[Omitted image "list-view-homepage-icon.png"\] Alt text: list view of projects.\) | Opens the project in list view. |
| My Projects | This section displays all the projects that you own, including subprojects. |
| All Projects | This section displays all projects in the system. All projects include projects from customer projects, team spaces, and audit. |
| Projects | This section displays only projects. |
| Subprojects | This section displays only subprojects. |
| Project cards | Each project is represented by a project card. These cards display high-level details, such as the project name, status, planned dates, and the manager that the project is assigned to. |
| Project search | Option to search for projects by name or by the user it’s assigned to. |
| Filter | Option to apply filters on the homepage. The filter preferences that you choose are retained in the filter criteria. |
| Refresh | Reloads the homepage. |
| Create from template | Option to create a project from template. |
| New | Option to create a project. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Edit project details \(\[Omitted image "icon-edit.png"\] Alt text: Edit icon.\) | Opens the project details in the side panel to edit. See [Create a project from Project Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-workspace/create-project-from-project-workspace.md). |
| Activity \(\[Omitted image "icon-activity.png"\] Alt text: Activity icon.\) | Facilitates conversation between different stakeholders. See [Collaborate with stakeholders from Project Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-workspace/collaborate-with-stakeholders-from-project-workspace.md). |
| Attachments \(\[Omitted image "icon-attachments.png"\] Alt text: Attachments icon.\) | Enables you to add files to the project. See [Collaborate with stakeholders from Project Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-workspace/collaborate-with-stakeholders-from-project-workspace.md). |
| Refresh the project \(\[Omitted image "icon-refresh.png"\] Alt text: Refresh project workspace.\) | Reloads the planning page. |
| Save \(\[Omitted image "icon-save.png"\] Alt text: Save.\) | Saves your changes. This button is inactive by default to facilitate auto-save of any changes made to the project plans. Enable or disable the auto-save functionality from the Advanced tab of the Settings \(\[Omitted image "icon-settings.png"\] Alt text: Settings icon.\) panel. |
| Resources not synced \(\[Omitted image "resources-not-synced-icon.png"\] Alt text: resources-not-synced-icon\) | Enables you to synchronize the project and resource assignment dates. When there’s a change in the planned or actual dates of the project tasks, this icon is enabled. When the project has classic resource plans, this icon is inactive by default. |
| \[Omitted image "resource-plan-toggle.png"\] Alt text: resource-plan-toggle | Enable this toggle to display the resource assignment pane. |
| \[Omitted image "all-view-button.png"\] Alt text: all-view-button | Displays data in both grid and gantt view on planning page. This button is active by default. |
| \[Omitted image "gantt-view-button.png"\] Alt text: gantt-view-button | Displays data in Gantt view on planning page. Use this button to change task dates and dependencies. |
| \[Omitted image "grid-view-button.png"\] Alt text: grid-view-button | Displays data in Grid view on planning page. Use this button to add and delete tasks, change task dates and dependencies, and assess the progress of the overall project. |
| Baselines \(\[Omitted image "icon-baselines.png"\] Alt text: Baselines option.\) | Enables you to create and compare schedule and financial baselines. See [Create and compare project baselines in Project Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-workspace/create-project-baselines-in-project-workspace.md). |
| Critical path \(\[Omitted image "icon-critical-path.png"\] Alt text: Critical path.\) | Toggle the button to switch on/off the display of the critical path of the project. \[Omitted image "workspace-critical-path.png"\] Alt text: Project critical path. |
| Add Task\[Omitted image "workspace-add-task.png"\] Alt text: Add project task. | Adds a project task in the data grid. See [Create and assign project tasks from Project Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/project-workspace/create-a-project-task-from-project-workspace.md). |
| Project actions \(\[Omitted image "more-actions-homepage-icon.png"\] Alt text: more-actions-icon.\) | Provides other actions to perform on the project. - Apply template - Delete project - Move project - Duplicate project - Import from MS project - Export project - Launch help video - Calculate Completion Estimates - Copy partial project \[Omitted image "workspace-more-actions.png"\] Alt text: More actions menu. Synchronize the project's date with the start dates of the associated resource plans, cost plans, benefit plans, resource assignments, project tasks, and subprojects using **Move Project**. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Refresh the resource assignment \(\[Omitted image "icon-refresh.png"\] Alt text: Refresh project workspace.\) | Reloads the selected assignment and allocation. |
| \[Omitted image "allocation-heatmap-toggle.png"\] Alt text: allocation-heatmap-toggle | Displays the resource allocation in the resource assignment pane. |
| \[Omitted image "effort-type-dropdown.png"\] Alt text: effort-type-dropdown | Displays the effort type as FTE, Hours, or Person days. |
| \[Omitted image "month-week-dropdown.png"\] Alt text: month-week-dropdown | Displays the effort by week or month. This button is displayed only when the Allocation heatmap toggle is enabled. |
| \[Omitted image "add-resource-button.png"\] Alt text: add-resource-button | Add a resource in the resource assignment pane. |
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Column actions | Sort and filter the project tasks using the actions on the header. Point your mouse device to a column header to see the context menu icon \(\[Omitted image "icon-row-context-menu.png"\] Alt text: Row context menu.\). Using this menu, you can perform actions such as autofit, hide, or reset. If you select the context menu \(\[Omitted image "icon-row-context-menu.png"\] Alt text: Row context menu.\) for certain columns, such as Short description or State, you can also filter the project task rows. \[Omitted image "workspace-column-actions.png"\] Alt text: Column context menu. |
| Rearrange rows \(\[Omitted image "icon-rearrange.png"\] Alt text: Rearrange rows.\) | Enables the dragging of the project task rows to a position of your choice on the grid. |
| Select row \(\[Omitted image "icon-select.png"\] Alt text: Select row.\) | Choose to select multiple project task rows at once. Use the row context menu \(\[Omitted image "icon-row-context-menu.png"\] Alt text: Row context menu.\) to perform various actions. |
| Row context menu \(\[Omitted image "icon-row-context-menu.png"\] Alt text: Row context menu.\) | Provides various actions for the selected rows, such as edit task, add task above or below, delete row, add dependency, and more. You can also select multiple rows and perform an action on them at once, using the row context menu. For example, indenting or deleting multiple tasks. \[Omitted image "row-context-menu.png"\] Alt text: row-context-menu |
| Expanded row \(\[Omitted image "icon-expanded-row.png"\] Alt text: Expanded row.\) | Indicates that a project task row is expanded to show its child tasks. Select this icon to collapse the row and hide the child tasks. |
| Collapsed row \(\[Omitted image "icon-collapsed-row.png"\] Alt text: Collapsed row.\) | Indicates that the project task contains child tasks. Select this icon to expand the row and view the child tasks. |
| Reorder column \(\[Omitted image "reorder-column-icon.png"\] Alt text: reorder-column-icon\) | Reorders the columns of the data grid. |
| Edit an individual cell | Edit or copy the info of this cell by selecting the cell context menu \(\[Omitted image "icon-row-context-menu.png"\] Alt text: Context menu.\) or select and hold \(or right-click\) a cell. Use this menu to copy and paste cell contents, add dependencies, add project tasks directly before or after this cell position, or delete the whole row. |
| Edit multiple cells | Bulk-edit cells by selecting multiple cells and select and hold \(or right-click\) one of the cells. You can also use the cell context menu \(\[Omitted image "icon-row-context-menu.png"\] Alt text: Context menu.\) for more options. |