# What can I configure in Company Settings?

> Company Settings holds branding, project and work order workflow rules, report requirements and reminders, the holiday calendar, feature toggles, roles, departments and skills.

- Product: WorkSkedge
- Section: Settings & Configuration
- Canonical: https://workskedge.com/help/settings/company-settings-branding-workflow-and-report-rules
- Updated: 2026-09-01T02:27:08.980147+00:00
- Keywords: company settings workskedge, project code format, project status mode, holiday calendar, report requirements, branding logo

**Settings > Workflow > Project & Work Order Rules** (`/a/settings/company`) is where you configure how projects, work orders, reports and your team structure behave. It is organised into tabs, each with its own direct link.

## Before you start / permissions

- Administrator role required for every tab. Managers can read and write Project & Work Order Rules.

## The tabs

- **Branding** (`?tab=branding`) — company colours and logo used across the app, PDFs and customer-facing emails.
- **Workflow** (`?tab=workflow`) — project code format, project status mode (simple or advanced lifecycle), auto work order creation when a project is created, service call defaults, and who sees the Work Orders page.
- **Reports** (`?tab=reports`) — what must be filled in on progress and completion reports, and when reminder emails go out for missing reports.
- **Calendar** (`?tab=calendar`) — the company holiday calendar. Holidays can be added one at a time or uploaded by CSV, and are respected by scheduling and forecasting.
- **Features** (`?tab=features`) — turn whole features on or off for the company.
- **Roles** (`?tab=roles`) — role definitions and permissions.
- **Departments** (`?tab=departments`) — the department list applied to employees and used in reporting and filters. Each department can carry a colour (from a 12-colour palette or a hex value) used to colour-code its work orders on Forecasting and the project Gantt chart.
- **Skills & Certifications** (`?tab=skills`) — the skills library used for scheduling suitability and compliance tracking. Skills can be added individually or uploaded by CSV.
- **Danger Zone** (`?tab=danger`) — destructive company-level actions, Administrator only.

## Notes and limits

- **Project status mode** decides whether projects use the simple lifecycle (active/closed) or the advanced one (lead, estimating, pending approval, approved, active, complete, closed). Change it deliberately — it changes the status options your team sees on every project.
- Departments are assigned to a work order from the work order form, not from this page.
- Report requirements set here are company-wide; per-work-order requirements live at `/a/settings/completion-requirements`.

## Related articles

- [Turn features on and off for your company](/help/settings/turn-features-on-and-off-for-your-company)
- [Roles, departments and permissions](/help/people/roles-departments-and-permissions)
- [Skills and certifications on an employee](/help/people/skills-and-certifications-on-an-employee)

## Screenshots

- WorkSkedge Company Settings with tabs for Branding, Projects & WO, Reports, Calendar, Features, Roles, Departments, Skills & Certifications and Danger Zone: https://workskedge.com/api/public/help-image/app/v2/settings-features.webp

## FAQ

### Where do I change the project code format?

Settings > Workflow > Project & Work Order Rules > Workflow tab (/a/settings/company?tab=workflow). Project code settings control the format of generated project codes.

### Can WorkSkedge create a work order automatically with each project?

Yes. The Auto work order setting on the Workflow tab creates a work order whenever a project is created.

### How do I load our statutory holidays?

Use the Calendar tab. Holidays can be entered one at a time or uploaded by CSV, and scheduling and forecasting respect them.

### Where do I require a daily or completion report?

Company-wide requirements and reminder timing are on the Reports tab; per-work-order completion requirements are at /a/settings/completion-requirements.

### Why do departments have colours?

A department colour colour-codes that department's work orders on the Forecasting view and the project Gantt chart.