# Practise separately from production orders

Use fictional source orders without treating practice records as factory evidence.

Source: https://help.smartfact.ai/manuals/orders/practice-workspace

Review edition: 25 October 2026

Roles: owner, author, reviewer, supervisor, operator, viewer

The sample workspace is separate from production. Its customers, starting orders, checks and approvals are fictional. It is useful for learning the supported source and workflow controls; it does not qualify a real factory handover, printer, source adapter or customer task.

## Enter deliberately

Find **Practise with fictional orders** and use **Open sample workspace** where one already exists. An Owner can use the offered creation action when necessary. The normal identity and site requirements still apply, including recent verification for workspace switching.

Confirm that the page now identifies **Fictional orders, separate workspace** before trying source files or workflow changes. Do not place real customer files into a practice task. The workspace does not send factory work, physical print jobs or AI-provider requests and does not count as production usage.

## Practise the actual decision sequence

Use the provided fictional source context to practise an intake review, corrected source revision, controlled rule review or factory handover. Read the state and exact unit set after each action. New edits and reports still need the normal independent review; preloaded fictional approval history is not a shortcut for a new candidate.

Practise refusals and uncertain-request handling as well as a successful route. The [role reference](/manuals/orders/roles-and-actions) explains the authority and independent checks that apply in production. Practice access is not evidence that your real organisation grants the same authority.

## Return or reset

Choose **Return to production site** and confirm the actual site before entering real work. Do not copy a practice command, review, unit identity or evidence hash into production as proof that a real action happened.

Owner can use **Reset sample**, read the warning and choose **Confirm sample reset**. It starts a new fictional workspace and retires the old sample; production records are unaffected. Retain any practice notes you need before resetting. If a switch/reset response is unconfirmed, inspect the current workspace first rather than immediately submitting another reset.

Keep customer acceptance and equipment qualification separate. A successful practice example demonstrates the supported control flow under fictional conditions, not real receiving acceptance or physical output.