# What Is a Portfolio?

Portfolios group projects together in the project manager. The portfolio you are presently working in is your current portfolio.

When you first run JDE, the `personal` portfolio is created in the project manager as your default portfolio. You have write access to this portfolio.

JDE saves the current portfolio from one session to the next. JDE also saves the current project if you have write access to the portfolio where the project is stored.

## Portfolio Operations

Using the project manager, you can:

- Create a portfolio
- Add an existing portfolio that is local to your file system
- Remove a portfolio from JDE

## Portfolio Files

JDE stores a portfolio in a file called portfolioname`.psf`. The file is built in the directory that you specify when you create the portfolio.

The location of your personal portfolio depends on the platform you run and where you installed JDE. Review the following information for the location of your personal portfolio:

On Microsoft Windows NT
  If `HOME` is defined, your_home_dir`\jws`
  If `HOME` is not defined, `c:\windows\jws`

On Microsoft Windows 95
  If `HOME` is defined, your_home_dir`\jws`
  If `HOME` is not defined, `c:\windows\jws`

On SolarisTM
  The `personal` portfolio file, `personal.psf`, is located in the `jws` directory in your home directory.

The `jws` directory in your home directory contains a list of the portfolios loaded into your current JDE session.

See also:

  Creating a Portfolio
  Adding an Existing Portfolio
  Changing the Current Portfolio
  Removing a Portfolio