Control Center Global Updates FAQ

With Global Updates, you can configure, test, and push out updates to project templates or profile data and then cascade those changes automatically to existing projects. Apply changes to specific projects or across an entire portfolio.

You must be a Program Lead in the Control Center configuration to apply Global Updates.

To apply Global Updates, follow these steps:

1. Log in to Control Center.
2. Select the three-line Menu icon on the top right.
3. Select the program to update.
4. Select Global Updates > New Update.
5. Select the type of Global Update.
6. Follow the Global Update wizard to complete the update.

Use the Create & Run button to test your changes before pushing them out to all your projects.

The goal of Global Updates is to help maintain consistency across existing and new projects. Different types of Global Updates are available:

• Add New Column
• Modify Existing Column
• Add Profile Data
• Find/Replace
• Update Reports
• Update Dashboards

No. During the Apply Update stage, you can choose which projects you want to update. Once it’s complete, the update shows a status of Partially Applied to indicate that it didn’t include every project.

The Global Update appears as Applied when you have pushed the updates to all the projects in the Apply Update list, which includes all existing projects at the time of the update.

No. The Global Updates feature only supports projects that were created using Control Center.

No, any changes you make directly to the project source templates only affect new provisioned projects. To update all existing projects, you must use the Global Update feature.

Find/Replace lets you update values and formulas in cells across all your existing project sheets and templates. You can use advanced options to control which cells to update.

For more information and all steps to follow, see Control Center Global Updates: Find/Replace.

No. You can’t edit a Global Update after passing the Apply Test screen. Before that, you can go back and edit the update, test it, and apply it when you’re ready.

Yes. When a dashboard in a project is updated, all the widgets are removed and re-created to be identical to the template dashboard.

No. If you rename your dashboard, you’d have to remove the previous dashboard and add the new one as a new template to the blueprint. Use the blueprint builder by navigating to the Source Template Settings section.

Adding the new dashboard doesn’t remove the original dashboard that was renamed from the project folder until you manually remove it. Complete this step after you’ve updated the blueprint.

After that, run a Global Update to add the new dashboard to existing projects. Then, run another Global Update Update Dashboards to ensure that all the data is refreshed and reflected properly.

No. Global Updates can only recognize dashboards, reports, and sheets that were created through Control Center.

The project appears in the No matching dashboards found section. Select the project in Global Updates > Choose Dashboard > Add new dashboard. Run the update to create the dashboard.

Yes. Unlike earlier Global Updates, you can see all projects created from the blueprint.

Yes. You can run the update as many times as you want.

No. You can adjust the template report in the blueprint source folder and run the Global Update again.

Yes. Global Updates overwrites those changes, so the project report matches the report template.

No. If you rename your report, you’d have to remove the previous report and add the new one as a new template to the blueprint. Use the blueprint builder by navigating to the Source Template Settings section.

Adding the new report doesn’t remove the original report that was renamed from the project folder until you manually remove it. Complete this step after you’ve updated the blueprint.

After that, run a Global Update to add the new dashboard to existing projects. Then, run another Global Update Update Reports to ensure that all the data is refreshed and reflected properly.

After you’ve completed those steps, make sure to also update any dashboards in your template to ensure they reflect the new report. You can then run a Global Update Update Dashboards to refresh the data.

No. Global Updates only recognizes reports and sheets created through Control Center.

The project appears in the No matching reports found section. Select the project in Global Updates, select Choose Report, and then select Add new report. Run the update to create the report.

Yes. Global Updates shows you all the projects created from the blueprint.