# Organize work into workspaces

> Split one organization into separate environments — staging and production — without splitting the people.

Every organization has at least one workspace, created for you at signup and
marked **Default**. A second one is how you keep experiments away from the
things people depend on.

## Outcome

Work in progress lives somewhere it cannot disturb production, and switching
between the two takes one click.

## Before you start

Creating, renaming, and deleting workspaces is limited to owners and admins.

## 1. Create one

Go to **Settings → Organization → Workspaces** and choose **New workspace**.
"Staging" and "Production" are the usual pair.

**Checkpoint:** the new workspace appears in the list and in the picker in the
top bar.

## 2. Switch between them

The picker sits immediately to the right of your organization in the top bar.

Switching changes what the whole app shows: a different set of workflows, a
different set of dashboards, different records in the warehouse. Your selection
persists across sessions, and the default workspace is what you fall back to if
you have never chosen one.

**Checkpoint:** after switching, the **Workflows** list is empty in the new
workspace, because nothing has been built there yet.

## 3. Know what is scoped and what is shared

| Scoped to one workspace | Shared across the organization |
|---|---|
| Workflows and their runs | Members and their roles |
| Dashboards and library widgets | Service accounts |
| Data models and their records | The organization's plan and limits |
| Connectors and API Specs | |

Because connectors are per-workspace, a staging workspace needs its own
connector pointing at the provider's test environment — which is usually what
you want, and is the reason the split is worth making.

## What workspaces are not

They are not a permissions boundary. Any active member of the organization can
reach every workspace in it. There is no per-workspace role.

If you need a set of people who cannot see each other's work, that is a
separate organization.

## Deleting one

**Delete** removes a workspace along with everything scoped to it — workflows,
dashboards, data models, records, connectors. This cannot be undone.

The default workspace cannot be deleted at all, since it is what members fall
back to.

## Common problems

**My workflow disappeared.** You are in a different workspace. Check the picker
in the top bar.

**A connector I created is not offered.** Connectors belong to the workspace
they were created in. Create one in this workspace too.

**I want to move a dashboard between workspaces.** There is no move. Rebuild it
in the target workspace, or keep it where it is.

**Delete is missing on a workspace.** It is the default one, or your role is
**Member**.

**Workspaces limit reached.** Your plan caps how many you can have. Delete one
you are not using, or contact support.

## Next step

[Organizations and trials](/help/account-access/organizations-and-trials).