# Projects

> Browse and inspect App Designer project definitions (PSPROJECTDEFN) and their constituent metadata items.

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Projects are PeopleSoft's primary mechanism for grouping metadata objects together for migration between environments (e.g., from Development to Testing to Production). Every project definition is stored in `PSPROJECTDEFN`, and the items contained within a project are registered in `PSPROJECTITEM`.

psLens allows you to search and inspect project definitions directly, showing you the exact list of objects included in a project and letting you compare project items across different database environments.

## Object Relationships

Projects bundle application metadata for lifecycle management and environment migration:

- **Groups Metadata Objects**: Projects (`PSPROJECTDEFN`) contain project items (`PSPROJECTITEM`) referencing records, fields, pages, components, PeopleCode, and other definitions.

## How psLens Improves Project Inspection

In Application Designer, inspecting projects requires opening individual project files, expanding object trees, and manually cross-referencing upgrade action flags prior to migration.

psLens displays project properties, paginated item inventories categorized by object type, migration health flags for non-standard actions, and cross-database environment comparison on a single screen.

## Search Page

URL: `/projects?db={database}`

The Project Search page lets you locate projects by name (using a prefix match).

- **Basic Search:** Type a partial name (e.g., `HR` or `PT`) to search. Search matches as *starts with*. You can use the `%` wildcard for more complex queries: `%UPGRADE%` finds any project containing "UPGRADE", or `%` alone lists all projects.
- **Advanced Filters:**
  - **Operator ID:** Filter projects last updated by a specific operator (user).
  - **Customized Only:** Filter to show only projects marked as customized.
  - **Date Range:** Filter projects based on their last updated date.

## Detail Page

URL: `/projects/{PROJECTNAME}?db={database}`

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/projects-detail.png"
			alt="Project detail page for CHG_LENS_DEMO_WONKY showing project properties and items"><figcaption>
			<p>Project detail for <code>CHG_LENS_DEMO_WONKY</code>: properties and item list</p>
		</figcaption>
</figure>


The Project Detail page shows:

- **Project Properties:** Shows metadata about the project itself, such as the description, version, object owner, release, release label, update flags, and the user who last updated it.
- **Project Items:** Displays a paginated list of all objects contained within the project, grouped and sorted by object type (e.g., Records, Fields, Pages, Components, PeopleCode).

  <figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/projects-warnings.png"
  			alt="Project items flagging non-standard action and take attributes"><figcaption>
  			<p>Flagging non-standard project items</p>
  		</figcaption>
  </figure>


  **Migration & Health Flags:** psLens automatically flags non-standard project items in red (as shown above). This highlights things that can cause issues with migrations, such as upgrade flags and actions (e.g., `Delete` actions or items with `Take` set to `No`). This gives you a quick check on the state of your project before migrating.
- **Compare to Database:** If you have multiple databases configured in psLens, you can select another database from the card on the page to run a project comparison.
- **Export as Markdown:** Export the entire project definition and its items list to a markdown file, which is ideal for change logs, migration documentation, or code reviews.