Workfront

ShannaBo · 10/6/25

In our organization, each business unit (BU) has its own portfolio. Within these portfolios, programs are organized and aligned to the respective BU. However, is there a solution for a program to span across multiple BUs—essentially, for a single program to be associated with more than one portfolio?

MorganHatcher · 10/6/25

Hi @ShannaBo -

It is a one to one relationship, a Program can only be associated to one Portfolio. I like to think of Portfolio/Programs as files on your computer a main folder (Portfolio) with sub folders (Programs)

ShannaBo · 10/6/25

Generally, there is a one-to-one relationship between programs and portfolios. However, there are cases where a single program may be associated with two distinct portfolios. In these situations, when two business units (portfolios) collaborate on a single project (program), both units seek to receive equal recognition for their contributions to the project.

AshpektSolutions · 10/6/25

If you want to achieve this, you can create a custom field named “Active BUs” and list all Business Units as checkboxes.

This will allow you to select multiple BUs for a single program and reflect shared contributions.

KellieGardner · 10/6/25

@MorganHatcher is correct. In Workfront, it's a 1:1 relationship. You could create custom fields to identify that it's part of additional areas, but from a native functionality, it's not possible to associate it that way.

skyehansen · 10/6/25

I think the question to ask here is for what purpose. One way to accomplish this is to make a multi select external lookup field to be a portfolio picker.

You can see a similar picker at work here:

https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/workfront-discussions/how-to-replace-typeahead-with...