# Adding organisations to a project

> How to add organisations to a project in Lobster using the ready-made organisation database and the Organisation Picker.

- URL: https://lobster.ist/blog/adding-organisations-to-a-project/
- Language: English
- Also in Finnish: https://lobster.ist/fi/blog/adding-organisations-to-a-project/
- Published: 2020-05-15
- Category: Guide

Organisations are vital for lobbyists as stakeholders get their mandate to, for example, draft legislation by their position in a given organisation. Lobster has a ready-made database of organisations and organisation structures.

![Project main view with the Organisations box and the Add organisation to the project link](https://lobster.ist/images/adding-organisations-screenshot-2020-05-15-13.25.30.png)

The database and additions to it give the possibility to easily add organisations to projects. This article describes the way organisations can be added to projects.

The first way to add an organisation to a project is from the _project’s main view._ On the main view’s right-hand side column, the fourth box illustrates organisations already selected to the project. Please see, the picture on the right.

On the _Organisation_s box, there is a link _Add organisation to the project_. Clicking the box opens a page with a form that has Organisation picker on it.

Organisation picker gives a possibility to search from the organisation database with a free text field _PICK ORGANISATIONS_. _Tags_ field is used to narrow down the number of organisations being searched from.

For example, it is possible to narrow down the search with tag _Sweden_ and search for social democratic party. _See the picture below_.

![Organisation Picker with a tag filter and free-text search](https://lobster.ist/images/adding-organisations-screenshot-2020-05-15-13.30.10.png)

After finding the right organisation or organisations, they are added to the project by clicking + Pick stakeholder link to the right from the stakeholder’s organisation. It is possible to pick multiple organisations at once, just by continuing the search and picking the organisations.

![Selected organisations listed for the project](https://lobster.ist/images/adding-organisations-screenshot-2020-05-15-13.41.29.png)

Each of the organisation can have a project related comment. This comment is available for later evaluation on the project organisation tab. The comment is meant to facilitate, for example, information why the organisation is relevant for the project or project-related background information on the organisation and its operating methods or models.

![Save and Undo buttons](https://lobster.ist/images/adding-organisations-screenshot-2020-04-30-at-9.39.56.png)

After selecting the wanted stakeholders, remember to click _Save_ on the right-hand bottom corner of the page.