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title: "Creating and Configuring Directory Structures"
description: "Directory structures are workspaces that are used for creating and editing elements such as apps, scripts, or Lucanet.Excel-Reporting files. In the Workspace configuration, you can create any directory structures and individually configure which elements can be created within a directory structure. In the Overview, each directory structure is displayed in the folder as a workspace in which it was created."
source_url: https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/consolidation-financial-planning/konfiguration-der-arbeitsbereiche/create-configure-directory-structures
language: en
last_updated: 2023-08-16
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# Creating and Configuring Directory Structures

## Overview

Directory structures are workspaces that are used for creating and editing elements such as apps, scripts, or Lucanet.Excel-Reporting files.

In the **Workspace configuration**, you can create any directory structures and individually configure which elements can be created within a directory structure.

In the Overview, each directory structure is displayed in the folder as a workspace in which it was created.

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Customers who have already used directory structures in Lucanet.Financial Client, can view and edit all directory structures created there in the CFO Solution Platform.
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Right-click the root folder or a folder in the **Workspace configuration** and select **Create | Directory structure** from the context menu. The **Create Directory Structure** dialog is displayed:

Creating a directory structure
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Enter the **name** of the directory structure.
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Click **Save**.
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Directory structures can only be created below the **root folder** or a **folder**. Creating directory structures below other element types is not possible.
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## Configuring Directory Structures

To configure a directory structure, click the name of the directory structure in the tree view and then at the top right click **Edit** to open the editing mode:

Editing a directory structure

If necessary, use the **Elements** tab to define which elements can be created in the directory structure. The available **object types** are described in the following section.

### Available Object Types

The following object types can be enabled in a directory structure.

#### App

Used to create an app as a functional extension of the Lucanet software.

Currently, the app for [Reclassification of profit or loss from previous periods in reporting entitites](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/consolidation-financial-planning/report-analyze/elements-in-directory-structures/reclassification-of-profit-or-loss-in-reporting-entities.md) is available.

#### Connection

Used to create connections that contain connection information for SQL databases

#### Script

Used to create scripts (see [Creating and Executing Scripts](https://support.lucanet.cloud/en/documentation/consolidation-financial-planning/imports-journals/create-scripts.md))

#### Lucanet.Excel-Reporting

Used to create Excel reports within Lucanet.Excel-Reporting

#### Folders

Used to create folders

#### Workflow

Used to create workflows to automatically execute executable elements such as scripts, or data imports into Lucanet.Financial OLAP Server in a fixed sequence.

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(Currently, this object type can only be created but cannot yet be used.) The use of a workflow will only be available with a later version of the CFO Solution Platform.
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