Implementation:Evidentlyai Evidently Workspace Create

Knowledge Sources	Evidently Evidently UI Guide
Domains	ML_Monitoring, Infrastructure
Last Updated	2026-02-14 12:00 GMT

Overview

Concrete factory method for creating local Evidently Workspace instances provided by the Evidently library.

Description

Workspace.create(path) is a classmethod that creates a new local file-based Workspace instance. The Workspace constructor initializes local storage including project state, snapshot storage, dataset management, artifact storage, and tracing.

Usage

Call Workspace.create() at the start of a monitoring dashboard setup workflow.

Code Reference

Source Location

• Repository: evidently
• File: src/evidently/ui/workspace.py
• Lines: L731-780 (Workspace class), L1002-1012 (create classmethod)

Signature

class Workspace(WorkspaceBase):
    def __init__(self, path: str):
        """Initialize a local workspace with file-based storage."""

    @classmethod
    def create(cls, path: str = "workspace") -> "Workspace":
        """Create a new workspace instance.
        Args:
            path: Directory path for workspace storage (default: "workspace").
        Returns:
            Workspace instance.
        """

Import

from evidently.ui.workspace import Workspace

I/O Contract

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
path	str	No	Directory path for workspace storage (default: "workspace")

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
return value	Workspace	Local file-based workspace instance

Usage Examples

from evidently.ui.workspace import Workspace

# Create a local workspace
ws = Workspace.create("my_monitoring")

# Or with default path
ws = Workspace.create()  # Creates "workspace" directory

Related Pages

Implements Principle

• Principle:Evidentlyai_Evidently_Workspace_Management

Requires Environment

• Environment:Evidentlyai_Evidently_SQL_Storage_Environment