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Draft & Project Management

Understand the difference between a Playground session, an autosaved draft, and a persisted Project-and know when to save which one.

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• Playground vs Project• How Autosaved Drafts Work• Save as Project• Save as Template• Clear a Draft

Overview

Whenever you open a file, you start in Playground mode-a temporary workspace for exploring and transforming data. Your in-progress work is autosaved as a draft as you go, so you won't lose changes if you navigate away. Nothing persists permanently until you explicitly click Save as Project or Save as Template.

Playground vs Project

The Playground badge next to a file name means you're working in a scratch space-ideal for quick one-off analysis. A Project is the persisted, reusable version of that same work.

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Once saved as a Project, the file keeps its name, applied transforms, and diagnostics-and can be reopened later exactly as you left it.

A Playground session is meant for quick, disposable work. If you close the tab without saving as a Project or Template, only the autosaved draft remains-the underlying analysis isn't added to your permanent Projects list.

How Autosaved Drafts Work

As you filter, sort, or transform data in Playground, your progress is saved automatically in the background.

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This status appears in the Data Preview toolbar and updates automatically as you make changes.

What to know

  • Draft saved confirms your recent changes are backed up, so refreshing the page won't lose your work.
  • Drafts are tied to the file and browser session-they're a safety net, not a substitute for saving as a Project.
  • Click Clear to discard the current draft and return to the file's last saved state.

Save as Project

Save as Project turns your current Playground session into a persistent workspace you can return to anytime.

Steps

  1. Click Save as Project in the top-right of the workspace.
  2. Give the project a name you'll recognize later.
  3. Confirm the save. The Playground badge is replaced once the project is persisted.
  4. Find it later from your Projects list to reopen the exact state you saved.

Save as Template

If you plan to repeat the same transformation on future files, save it as a template instead of, or in addition to, a project.

Steps

  1. Click Save as Template in the top-right of the workspace.
  2. Name the template so it's easy to find later.
  3. Manage it anytime from Template Manager, where you can run it against new files.

Save as Project and Save as Template aren't mutually exclusive-save as a Project to keep this specific file's result, and as a Template if you want to reapply the same steps to other files too.

Clear a Draft

Discard unsaved changes and return to the file's last confirmed state.

Steps

  1. Click Clear next to the Draft saved status in the toolbar.
  2. Confirm you want to discard the current draft.
  3. The workspace reloads without your unsaved changes. This doesn't affect anything already saved as a Project or Template.

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