diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/config.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79412f5c02ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { schema, TypeOf } from '@osd/config-schema';
+
+export const configSchema = schema.object({
+  enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
+});
+
+export type ConfigSchema = TypeOf<typeof configSchema>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/server/index.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/server/index.ts
index 936d3cf3ecec..9447b7c6dc8c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/server/index.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
  * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
-import { PluginInitializerContext } from '../../../core/server';
+import { PluginConfigDescriptor, PluginInitializerContext } from '../../../core/server';
 import { WorkspacePlugin } from './plugin';
+import { configSchema } from '../config';
 
 // This exports static code and TypeScript types,
 // as well as, OpenSearch Dashboards Platform `plugin()` initializer.
@@ -11,3 +12,9 @@ import { WorkspacePlugin } from './plugin';
 export function plugin(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
   return new WorkspacePlugin(initializerContext);
 }
+
+export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor = {
+  schema: configSchema,
+};
+
+export { WorkspaceFindOptions } from './types';
diff --git a/src/plugins/workspace/server/saved_objects/workspace.ts b/src/plugins/workspace/server/saved_objects/workspace.ts
index 5142185b0c2d..a26e695d83cb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/workspace/server/saved_objects/workspace.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/workspace/server/saved_objects/workspace.ts
@@ -25,16 +25,19 @@ export const workspace: SavedObjectsType = {
        * In opensearch, string[] is also mapped to text
        */
       features: {
-        type: 'text',
+        type: 'keyword',
       },
       color: {
-        type: 'text',
+        type: 'keyword',
       },
       icon: {
-        type: 'text',
+        type: 'keyword',
       },
       defaultVISTheme: {
-        type: 'text',
+        type: 'keyword',
+      },
+      reserved: {
+        type: 'boolean',
       },
     },
   },