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Creating a Workspace

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To start a research project in the All of Us Researcher Workbench, you want to create a workspace.

Creating a workspace is easy, and you are required to create a new, separate workspace for each of your research projects.

To create a workspace

  1. Log in to the Researcher Workbench.
  2. Click “white plus sign on top of a blue circle.”

    The blue plus sign is displayed to the right of the workspaces header on the Researcher Workbench landing page after you sign in. After you click the blue plus sign, you will be directed to the workspace description page. The workspace description includes information about the research purpose, scientific approach, and anticipated findings.

  3. Name your workspace to best represent your research project.
    Note: This information is publicly displayed on the Research Project Directory on the Research Hub, so be mindful when naming your workspace. To learn more about writing a meaningful workspace description see our support article “Writing Your Workspace Description”

    The Workspace name is an open text box. After typing the name of your workspace, there is the data access tier directly to the right.
  4. Select the data access tier for your workspace: Registered Tier or Controlled Tier.

    The data access tier is a drop-down menu with the options: Registered Tier and Controlled Tier. After you select the data access tier, there is the dataset version directly to the right.

  5. Select the dataset version for your workspace.
    Note: This defaults to the most recent version of each dataset available in the Curated Data Repository (CDR). We do not recommend starting a workspace with an older dataset unless you are attempting to replicate a published study that utilized a previous version of the CDR.

    The dataset version is a drop-down menu with options for the different curated data repositories. After you select the dataset version, there is “select a billing account” directly below the workspace name field.

  6. Select the billing account.
    For information about initial credits and setting up your billing account, read our articles found in the “Paying for Your Research” section.

    To select a billing account, use the drop down menu to select the All of Us initial credits or your billing account. If you need to create a billing account, you can click the blue “create billing account” button to the right of the drop down menu.

After completing the initial setup of your workspace, you will write your workspace description, which is publicly displayed on the Research Project Directory on the Research Hub.

Next article

Writing your workspace description

Learn how to write a meaningful workspace description with information about your research purpose, scientific approach, etc.

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