How to select an active team (and what that means)

If you're working with multiple teams in Datawrapper, the concept of an active team can be important. The team that's currently active – the active team – is the team in which you create new visualizations when clicking on the Create new... button at the top:

If no team is currently active, you will create your new chart in your private folder. 

What it means to create a chart in a team

Whatever team is active when you create/edit a chart will have consequences:

• Where your newly created charts will go by default: The team members of your active team can immediately see the visualization you're creating. (If you want to avoid that, select No team (private). You can drag your visualization into a team in the Archive once you're happy with it.
• Who else can access/edit this chart: The team members of your active team can access & edit this chart.
• Which team settings apply when creating a chart: For example, if your team owner decided to disable pie charts in your team, you won't be able to create pie charts when that team is active. Another example: If your team owner enabled Slack notifications every time a new chart is published, the notification will only appear when you publish the chart while your team is active.

How to see which team is currently active

You can see which team is active when clicking on "Create new..." (as seen on the image above). 

If you're already in the process of designing a chart/map/table, you can see which team is currently active right above step 1:

And finally, when you go to your  Archive, your currently active team will be on top and will come with a little checkmark: 

How to change the active team

You can change the active team by hovering over Create new, and then change the team in which charts are created:

That's it! We hope that in this article, you've learned the importance of active teams, learned how to see which team is active, and also learned how to change the active team.