A workspace is a separate item in an Analyzer Project that contains field definitions. When a workspace is activated, the fields within it are available for use within your current Project (with your current table), until you open a new file. This saves having to define the workspace fields for each table.
Workspaces are most frequently used to group computed fields that you want to use with more than one table. For example, you might want to associate a workspace with a specific application (such as accounts receivable) or to group different time periods, departments or divisions. The field names used by the computed fields must be the same in all tables with which the workspace is activated.
Tip: An alternative to using Workspaces is to simply Copy and Paste fields directly from the Edit Fields/Expressions list view from one table layout to another. For more information see Right-Click Options in the Edit Fields/Expressions List View. However, for computed field definitions, this creates multiple instances of the computed field definition that needs to be maintained versus only one instance if using a Workspace.
Workspaces can also be used to store regular (as opposed to computed) field definitions. When working with multiple-record-type files, you can store the definition for each record type in a separate workspace. Each workspace can be activated selectively when you want to process records of a specific type.