Manage workspaces and chats

DataMind Oda does its work in a folder on your computer: the workspace of the chat. The sidebar groups your chats by workspace, keeps the ones you pinned on top, and collects chats without a workspace under Ungrouped. This page covers that layer of the sidebar; the chats themselves and their menus are covered in Pin, rename, fork or archive a chat.

The sidebar's sections

• New chat at the top starts a chat in the workspace you are in.
• Pinned holds the chats you pinned, from every workspace and from Ungrouped. It sits above the workspaces and appears only while something is pinned; a pinned chat shows here and nowhere else.
• Sections from other features, such as Scheduled, can appear between Pinned and Workspaces.
• Workspaces lists your workspaces with their chats. With Group by set to One list it becomes a single Chats list; Group, order and filter chats covers the view options.
• Ungrouped collects the chats that belong to no workspace.

Each section header folds, and Oda remembers what you folded. Workspaces, files and permissions covers what Oda may do in a workspace folder.

Add a workspace

1. In the sidebar, choose Add workspace, in the Workspaces header.
2. Pick the folder Oda should work in; Choosing the workspace folder covers the folder chooser itself.
3. Oda adds the workspace at the top of the list and opens a new chat in it.

If the chooser cannot open the folder you picked, the dialog reads Couldn’t open folder; choose Choose again to pick another folder.

Rename or delete a workspace

Open the workspace's ... menu (its name reads Workspace actions for <name>) to rename or remove it.

• Rename opens the Rename workspace dialog, filled with the current name in Workspace name. A name that is empty, unchanged, or already used by another workspace cannot be saved; a duplicate shows A workspace named “<name>” already exists.
• Delete workspace explains what happens: This removes “<name>” from the workspace list. The folder and session logs will be kept. Its sessions will appear under Ungrouped. Confirm, and Oda shows Deleting workspace… while it applies the change.

New chats and the default workspace

• On a fresh install, Oda creates a Default workspace and reuses it on later starts.
• A new chat starts in the workspace you used last; if none has been used yet, it takes the most recently updated one.
• To start a chat in a particular workspace, point at its row and choose New session in <name>.
• The blank New Session row keeps the first slot and cannot be dragged.

Fold long lists

• Each workspace and the Pinned section show five idle chats at a time; chats that are running, and the blank New Session row of the chat you are in, stay visible beyond those five. Your chats in the sidebar covers the paging controls, Show N more and Show less.
• Long chat and workspace names end in an ellipsis.

Move chats and workspaces

• Drag a chat to the place it should take, or onto another workspace to move it there.
• Drag a workspace row to reorder the workspace groups.
• A first drag selects the Manual order; Group, order and filter chats covers what Oda remembers.
• While chats arrive or move, the list animates; if your computer is set to reduce motion, it changes without animation.

Questions, answered

Where do pinned chats show up?

In Pinned, above the Workspaces section. A pinned chat appears only there, wherever it belongs, and the section is hidden while nothing is pinned. Pin or unpin a chat from its menu; Pin, rename, fork or archive a chat covers the rest.

Why does a workspace show only five chats?

To keep the list short, each workspace shows five idle chats at a time, and running chats stay visible beyond those five; Pinned keeps its own five the same way. Your chats in the sidebar covers the paging controls.

Why did a chat move under Ungrouped?

That chat belongs to no workspace. This also happens when its workspace was removed: deleting a workspace takes off only its entry in Oda's list, and its chats appear under Ungrouped.

How do I reorder my workspaces or my chats?

Drag a chat to the place it should take, or drag a workspace row to reorder the workspace groups. The first drag switches the list to Manual order; Group, order and filter chats covers the order options and what Oda keeps.

Which workspace does a new chat start in?

The workspace you used last; if none has been used yet, the most recently updated one. To start a chat in a particular workspace, point at its row and choose New session in <name>.

Why can't I drag the New Session row?

The blank New Session row keeps the first slot of its workspace and cannot be dragged. Once the chat has its first message, it is a normal chat row and moves by dragging like the others.

What are the sections above my workspaces?

Sections from other features can sit between Pinned and Workspaces; for example, scheduled tasks start their chats under Scheduled. Every section header folds, and Oda remembers what you folded.

Can I change the name of a workspace?

Yes. Choose Rename from the workspace's ... menu. Oda refuses a name that is empty, unchanged from the current one, or already used by another workspace; a duplicate shows A workspace named “<name>” already exists.