Reporting Time Off: Project vs. Workspace

During our initial TDX PPM implementation a couple years ago, we decided to create a Leave workspace with all relevant Time Off Time Types for as members to utilize as needed for their Time Entry (as members). Although we can't recall why we opted for a Workspace instead of a Project, we're concerned that the upcoming Workspace changes in the 11.5 release may break that functionality. Regardless, are there any specific pros or cons to utilizing a Project for reporting leave instead? (In case it's relevant, we don't utilize the Time Off Calendar.)

Asked by Shane L. Colter on Mon 6/13/22 12:49 PM
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Mark Sayers Fri 6/17/22 5:06 PM

Hello Shane,
The primary benefit is that projects have specified start and end dates whereas Workspaces are *meant* to represent ongoing types of work that will never really have an end (like leave tracking, because that will always be a "thing" that is needed).

Also, projects can eventually build up a large number of resources on it if you keep every employee you have ever had as a resource, which will make the system struggle to load the Resources page eventually.

Overall the Workspace *is* the better option, though if you have specific fears on how the new workspaces will affect that potentially just let me know.

Sincerely,
Mark Sayers
Sr Support Consultant, CS

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Thanks for this info, Mark. Although I was unable to attend the recent “Using TD Workspaces” session at Converge, my colleague’s interpretation & notes indicated that we might not be able to continue using a Workspace for our leave time, primarily per it becoming a separate application from Projects.

It sounds like that may not be the case; I’m sure we’ll learn more in this week’s preview webinar. - Shane L. Colter Mon 6/20/22 7:59 AM