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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-25 · Official documentation · View source

Create a scenario

Create a scenario with a building. Add, update, or remove space allocations before publishing and deploying a scenario. Manage and update your scenarios using the Stack plan and Floor map component tabs.

Before you begin

Ensure that the following plugins are installed:

Indoor Mapping (for map-based administration)
Workplace Core
Workplace Central
Workplace Service Delivery components
Workplace Case Management
Workplace Space Management

Important: You can view spaces based on their workplace entities only for a building. You can’t create or view a scenario based on workplace entities.

Role required: sn_wsd_spcmgmt.space_planner, sn_wsd_spcmgmt.scenario_reader (read only; to view a scenario)

Procedure

Navigate to one of the following locations:
- All > Workplace Central > Workplace Central.
- All > Scenario Planning > My Scenario Plans You can also open Workplace Central from the Employee Center. Navigate to Workspaces > Workplace Central.
Select the Space Optimization icon (

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Space Optimization icon.\).

The Space optimization dashboard opens.

Create a scenario by selecting Create a scenario from either of the following options.

Path	Action
From the Space Optimization tab	Select Create scenario.
From a scenarios list section	Select Create scenario.
From the Buildings section	Select a building. On the building details tab, select Create scenario.

On the Scenario details form, fill in the fields.

For a description of the field values, see Scenario details form.
Select Save scenario.
Select the Refresh icon (

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Refresh to refresh the scenario.\) to check if your scenario has moved to the **Draft** state.

Result

The new scenario is created in the Processing state and takes some time to move to the Draft state. You can’t open a scenario that is in the Processing state.

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The Scenarios page showing list of scenarios.

For more information about scenario states, refer to Scenario and Building - Views, states, settings, and key features.

After a scenario moves to the Draft state, you can open the scenario and select the view options for the scenario.

Edit Scenario: You can only edit a scenario using this option. This option is available only when you select a scenario from the Space Optimization page. It isn’t available when you select a building from the Space Optimization page.
View Scenario: View scenario details (unassigned spaces, allocated spaces, and user assignment details) for a selected building, floor, or bar.