Follow these steps to add a workspace. Adding workspaces is useful if you’re working on a separate project to add a workspace.

Workspace settings determine how your LCA model is calculated. When you create a new workspace, the LCA impact method is set to the default settings - the Environmental Footprint Method. However, it is always good practice to make sure they align with the goal of your LCA, as they do affect your results. If the goal of your LCA is to comply with a specific standard, check to see their specifications around impact methods.

1. Access the workspace menu: Navigate to the workspace menu to begin customizing your impact settings (Figure 1). Here you will find the workspace you are currently working in, as well as a list of the other workspaces your account is attached to.

2. Navigate to the Workspace settings: Below the list of workspaces in your workspace menu, are your workspace settings. Click on this category - your workspace settings will appear on the right side of your dashboard (Figure 2). Your workspace settings consist of three different sections - name, settings, and permissions.

Workspace name: Here, you can change the name of your workspace by clicking on the pen icon.

Impact settings: Impact settings are the most important aspect of your workspace settings. These settings determine how your results are calculated, related to LCIA methods and LCI databases. The components of the impact settings are described below.

Both tags and folders help keep your workspace organized and ensure you can find a product or object effectively. However, there are some (minor) differences between these features.

1. You can use tags to search and filter within your workspace. However, you can’t filter or search in (created) folders. Therefore, tags are beneficial if you have multiple products or objects that belong to the same ‘group’ and you want to search for them based on these similarities. Nevertheless, a similar outcome can be achieved by grouping those similar products in one folder.

2. Folders are a great tool to keep your Object library or Product overview organized. As you work more and more in Mobius, you will notice that your libraries become very long, filling many pages with your objects/products. Folders are a great way to cluster objects based on categories and avoid having endless pages of loose, separate objects.

Of course, adding tags and folders helps organize your workspace, but it also helps you find objects or products quickly using searches and filtering in Mobius. This process is intuitive - watch the video below to learn more.

Tags can be applied to objects and products. Below, we outline the steps needed to create tags for products. However, the same steps apply to adding tags to objects.

1. Select the product: In the Product overview, click on the product you want to apply a tag to.

2. Navigate to the product Detail panel: Once in the Product inventory, click on the product name. The Detail panel will appear on the right side of your dashboard.

3. Apply a tag to the product: Find the Tags section at the bottom of the Detail panel. Click on the + to add a tag (Figure 1). Create a tag that helps categorize the product effectively (e.g., a product group like T-shirts for your clothing factory). Select a color for the tag to help distinguish between tags. Click save when you are done.

4. Add additional tags to the same product: If necessary, you can create multiple tags for each product. Depending on your use case, add additional ones that help keep your workspace organized (Figure 2).

5. Find the tags on the Product overview page: Navigate back to the Product overview page to find the tags you created attached to the product (Figure 3).

If you add the same tag(s) to multiple products and objects, you can use filters to quickly find these objects and products, streamlining your search process in your Product and Object overview pages. Like the subsection above, we outline the filtering steps using the context of products, however, follow the same steps for filtering objects.

1. Navigate to the Product overview page: Once multiple of the same tags are applied to a product, go to the Product overview page.

2. Filter on tags: Select the desired tags from the Tags dropdown list (Figure 4).

Want to remove a tag from a product or object? Follow these simple steps:

1. Locate the product: Find the product with the tag you want to remove. Click on the product name to get to the Detail panel.

2. Remove the tag: Simply click on the x next to the tag in the Tags section.

The folders feature is an organizational tool that allows users to categorize and group their projects, products, or objects within their workspace. They function similarly to folders on a computer, providing a way to keep related items together and easily accessible. Users can create folders, assign descriptive names, and move items in and out of folders to keep their workspace organized. Additionally, folders enable users to search within them, ensuring that items can be quickly located when needed. Folders are a helpful tool for maintaining a tidy and efficient workspace in Mobius, avoiding having a long list and many pages of items in your workspace.

In Mobius, you can use folders in the Product overview and Object library. Below, we outline the steps of using folders for products. However, the same steps apply to using folders for objects.

1. Access folders: Look for the folder icon to add a new folder to your workspace. This icon is located in the toolbar at the top right of the Product overview page (Figure 5).

2. Create folders: Click on the folder icon to create a new folder. Give your folder a descriptive name that reflects its contents or purpose - you can always change the folder's name at a later stage. You might create folders for different projects, product categories, or stages of development (Figure 6).

3. Organize products into folders: Once you've created a folder, move products from the Product overview page into a folder by selecting the three dot menu on its product card and choosing the folder you wish to move it to (Figure 7). This helps to declutter your workspace while still keeping important items easily accessible.

4. Search within folders: Use Mobius's search functionality to find a specific product. Simply enter the name or keywords associated with the product you're looking for, and Mobius will display all relevant results, including items within folders.

5. Retrieve products from folders: If you need to retrieve a product from a folder, you can easily do so by navigating to the folder and selecting the desired item. To remove products from folders, select the Move to folder button from the product card’s three dot menu in the Product overview page, then select the location you wish to move the product to.