# Adding a Main Project
You can host your project in the Linux Foundation. Once the company decides to host its project on the Linux Foundation, you (administrator) needs to create a project for every new company that hosts their projects or foundation on Linux Foundation using PCC.
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As a administrator, you need to create the projects and sub projects as per the needs of the company.
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To add a main project on the PCC, perform the following steps:
1.Login into PCC.
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If you do not have access to PCC, you need to raise the service ticket to get access to PCC. Refer [PCC Overview](https://docs.linuxfoundation.org/lfx/project-control-center-pre-release/overview).
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2.The PCC dashboard appears. Click **+Add Project**.
Add Project
3.The Add dialog box appears. Update the following details and click **Add Project**.
| **Field** | **Action** |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Common Name** | Enter the name of the project that you identify the project name with. |
| **Slug** | Slug will be auto added when you provide the common name. You can also edit it if you need. |
| **Parent Project** |
Select the parent project if you want to associate or add your project as a child project.
Select No Parent, if you do not want to add any parent project.
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| **Category** | Category will be enabled only when you select a Parent Project. You can select the project to categorize for better grouping and navigation. |
4.A success message is displayed when a project is created successfully. You can see the newly added project under My Projects tab.
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For a new project, by default the project status is set to **Draft**. You can change the status in the Basic setup service.
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