# Setting Up a Project

Projects have a series of features designed to facilitate collaboration, help project members coordinate and organize their work, and ensure appropriate control over both data and tools.

### Creating a Project <a href="#creating-a-project" id="creating-a-project"></a>

&#x20;All work takes place in the context of a project. Projects allow a defined set of users and orgs to:

* Access specific data
* Browse, explore, and analyze this data

Once you have access to the platform and an org that allows for billable activity, you can start working by creating a new project in the UI.

### Setting Up Your Project Space <a href="#setting-up-your-project-space" id="setting-up-your-project-space"></a>

1. Navigate to the Projects list page, by selecting Projects in the UI from the main menu, then clicking All Projects.
2. Click the New Project button (highlighted in gold).

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3. The New Project wizard will open in a modal window.

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* In the Project Name field (highlighted in light blue), enter a name for your project.
* In the More Info section (highlighted in gold), add in the optional fields for sorting projects, such as
  * Tags
  * Properties
  * Project Summary
  * Project Description.
* In the Billing Section (highlighted in navy), select the billed to org and Region.
  * In the Billed To field, choose an account to which project billable activities should be charged.&#x20;
  * In the Region field, select your region if it is not already selected.
* In the Usage Limits section (highlighted in chartreuse), select the optional compute usage limit and the egress limit. *Please note, if you do not have this option and would like to, please contact our sales team at <sales@dnanexus.com> or a member of our Success Team.*&#x20;
  * Compute Usage Limits are the monthly compute usage limit for a given project. This value is in USD ($).
  * Egress Usage Limits are the monthly egress limits for a given project. This value is in bytes.
* In the Access section (highlighted in black), specify which users will be able to conduct data-related operations within the project.
  * Copy Access will limit who can copy data into other projects, or who can use the data as inputs in another projects. The options are All Members or No One.
  * Delete Access will limit who can delete the project. The options are Contributors and Admins or Admins Only.
  * Download Access will limit who can download data from the project. The options are All Members or No One.


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