# Workbench

*A quick summary of the changes made to your events*

### What is the Workbench?

In Avo you can collaborate in real time on defining, expanding and implementing your tracking plan. Using [Branches](https://www.avo.app/docs/data-design/branches.md) helps you make your changes without disrupting your main source of truth with the power of approvals.

If you are already on a branch, all changes will be captured in the [Review screen](https://www.avo.app/docs/workflow/review.md) but the Events screen has a handy little summary at the top called the **Workbench** where you can have an overview of the changes you've made on your branch.

## Making changes

Events that are being changed or added will populate the Workbench as you go with a change summary at the top, along with the name of the branch. On the left, next to each event will be a colored line to indicate whether it is new (mint) or changed (purple).

![A picture of Avo's Workbench in the Events screen showing 3 events along with the summary of 2 of them being new and one changed event. Each event also has a colored line next to them to indicate the change state, mint for new events and purple for changed events.](https://www.avo.app/docs/images/workflow/workbench/workbench.png)

## What's next?

- [Approval workflows for branches](https://www.avo.app/docs/data-design/branches/approval-workflows.md)
- [Share implementation instructions for a branch](https://www.avo.app/docs/data-design/branches/code-changes.md)
- [Using Avo in parallel workflows for large development teams](https://www.avo.app/docs/implementation/guides/avo-and-git.md)
- [How to manage branches with multiple sources](https://www.avo.app/docs/data-design/guides/multiple-sources-on-avo-branches.md)
- [Designing data in Avo](https://www.avo.app/docs/data-design/start-data-design.md)