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Workspace Settings

Settings of a workspaces can be accessed in two ways:

  • From the list of workspaces available in an organization, click the gear icon to the right of the workspaces's name.
  • Inside a workspace, click the the gear icon to the right of the workspaces's name at the top.

There are three parts of workspace settings: general settings, access control for single users, access control for groups.

General settings:

  • Name. This is the displayed name of the workspace. To change the name of the workspace, click Change Name, submit new name, then click Change to confirm.
  • Open to Public View. This setting controls visibility of files in the workspace. For Peer and Enterprise tiers, all workspaces default to 'false', so all files are not publicly visible or accessible by default. Click Change Visibility to change this setting, select the other option, then click Change to confirm.
  • Share License (if any). This allows setting a license to files in the entire workspaces, both existing and future ones. Lens defaults to not specifying a license, which means other users will have to contact the owner for clarification. Alternatively, as a workspace administrator you can choose of Creative Commons licenses or assign "All Rights reserved". To do so, click Change License, select a different option, then click Change to confirm.
  • Short description. This is the displayed description of the workspaces. To change the description of the workspace, click Change Description, submit new description, then click Change to confirm.
  • Long Description. This is a longer description of the workspace displayed when you open its root folder. If there is a README.md file in the workspace, Lens will render it, and the settings page will show the beginning of that document.
  • Tags. You can add some tags to increase your workspace's discoverability through search. To do so, click on Edit Tags, then add tags and click on Save.