# Adding a lens to a workload in AWS WA Tool
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Adding a lens to a workload helps you better understand your architecture's strengths and weaknesses, identify improvements, and ensure your workloads follow best practices.

**To add a lens to a workload**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Well-Architected Tool console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/).

1. In the left navigation pane, choose **Workloads**.

1. Select the desired workload and choose **View details**.

1. Select the lens to add choose **Save**.

    Lenses can be selected from **Custom lenses**, **Lens Catalog**, or both. 

Up to 20 lenses can be added to a workload.

For more information about the AWS lens catalog, visit [AWS Well-Architected Lenses](https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/well-architected/?wa-lens-whitepapers.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortDate&wa-lens-whitepapers.sort-order=desc#AWS_Well-Architected_Lenses). Note that not every lens whitepaper is provided as a lens in the lens catalog.

**Disclaimer**  
By accessing and/or applying custom lenses created by another AWS user or account, you acknowledge that custom lenses created by other users and shared with you are Third Party Content as defined in the AWS Customer Agreement.