Smartsheet Control Center: Get oriented

Use the following table to learn to navigate Smartsheet Control Center.

To do this	Follow these steps
Create a new program	Log in to Control Center. Open the left panel and select New Program.
Switch between programs	Go to the menu and select the program you want to switch to.
Identify which program you are in and get information about it	The program name is listed at the top of the window, just below Control Center. To get more information about a program, select the i.
Create a new project	Switch to the program to which you want to add the new project. Select New in the upper-right corner of Control Center, and then follow the steps in the wizard.
Log out of Control Center	To log out of Control Center, go to Account in the upper-right corner of the window and select Sign out.

Control Center terms

Program

Control Center is organized into programs. A program represents a collection of projects that are managed together. For example, the IT department may have one program while Facilities may have another program. The two departments have different goals, different leadership, different standardized processes, and different users (although there can be some overlap)—therefore, each needs its own program.

Users get access to one or more programs and can easily switch between them. 

As a user on an Advance plan, you get access to unlimited programs and blueprints in Control Center.

Each program has these distinct properties:

• One group of leads that can administer everything in the program
• A custom title, description, logo, and colors
• A set of blueprints specific to that program for creating projects
• Users that have access to the program and who can create projects using any of the blueprints

When you’re in one program in Control Center, you don’t have visibility or access to other programs. To see the properties of a different program, you need to switch to it first.