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title: "Configuring Workspaces"
description: "To enable the creation of Excel reporting templates in a workspace, a directory structure must exist in this workspace and that directory structure must contain object type Lucanet.Excel-Reporting."
source_url: https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/consolidation-financial-planning/excel-integration/lucanet-excel-reporting/configure-workspace-excel-reporting
language: en
last_updated: 2026-05-01
---
# Configuring Workspaces

## Overview

To enable the creation of Excel reporting templates in a workspace, a directory structure must exist in this workspace and it must be possible to create the object type **Lucanet.Excel-Reporting** in this directory structure.

## Creating a Directory Structure

To create a directory structure:

1. Right-click the root folder or a folder in the **Workspace configuration** and select **Create | Directory structure** from the context menu.

    ![Displays the 'Create Directory Structure' dialog.](https://support.lucanet.com/assets/docs-images/consolidation-financial-planning/excel-integration/lucanet-excel-reporting/configure-workspace-excel-reporting/_images/en/create-directory-structure.png)
    Creating a directory structure

2. Enter the **name** of the directory structure.

3. Click **Save**.

## Adding Object Type for Excel Reporting

To add an object of type Lucanet-Excel-Reporting in a directory structure:

1. Click the name of the desired directory structure in the **Workspace configuration**.

2. Click **Edit**.

3. Click the **Object type** column and choose **Lucanet.Excel-Reporting** from the drop-down list.

    ![Shows the configuration of the workspaces and, on the right, a detailed view of a directory structure. The object type Lucanet.Excel-Reporting from the ‘Object type’ drop-down list is marked in re](https://support.lucanet.com/assets/docs-images/consolidation-financial-planning/excel-integration/lucanet-excel-reporting/configure-workspace-excel-reporting/_images/en/select-excel-reporting.png)
    Selecting the object type 'Lucanet.Excel-Reporting'

4. Click **Save**.

    The directory structure is then displayed as a workspace in the overview, and an element of type **Lucanet.Excel-Reporting** can be created and edited there.