Create a workspace in P4 Sync

A workspace is a local folder on your computer that stores a copy of the assets on your company's P4 Server. Your workspace is stored in a folder on your computer where you do your work. P4 Sync regularly checks the files and folders in your workspace against the P4 Server and shows both your changes and changes made by other users. You can upload your changes to the P4 Server and download changes made by other users to your local workspace folder. You can have more than one workspace on your computer. For example, you may have a workspace for each of your projects.

When P4 Sync is logged in to P4, P4 Sync can create a workspace for assets stored in existing P4 Server mainline streams.

  1. Open P4 Sync and log in to P4 Server. See Log in to P4 Sync

  2. From the My workspaces list, click + Create workspace.

    The Create workspace dialog opens.

  3. Enter the Workspace name to use for the workspace.

    The Workspace name is optional, if you leave it blank, the path to the local folder the workspace is stored in is used for the workspace name.

  4. Select the P4 depot the stream is in.

    All of the depots you have permission to view are displayed in the dropdown.

  5. Select the P4 Stream to use for the workspace.

    All of the streams you have permission to view are displayed in the dropdown.

  6. Click Select local folder to open your default file browser and select a local folder to store your workspace in.

    You are returned to the Create workspace dialog.

  7. Click Create.

    The workspace is created and the local folder is automatically populated with the files from the selected P4 Server stream.

    It can take some time to populate your workspace, especially if the assets are large or there are many assets.

Where to go next

You are now ready to start using P4 Sync to manage your assets.