ObjectOSUsing ObjectOS
Sign in once and find every app, record, and notification your team shares — a five-minute tour of the Console.
ObjectOS is where your team's business apps live — projects, tasks, approvals, dashboards. You sign in once and see every app you have access to, in one place, with one search box.
This section is for everyday users. If you build apps or administer the system, head to Build or Configure instead.
Signing in
Open the URL your team gave you and sign in with your email and password. Your session is remembered, so you stay signed in on that browser until you log out from the avatar menu.
The Console home
After signing in you land on the home page. Top to bottom:
| Area | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Greeting | A personal hello ("Good afternoon, Ada") |
| Your apps | A grid of tiles — one per app you have access to. Click a tile to open the app. |
| Needs your attention | Pending notifications and approvals, with how long ago each arrived |
| Recently Accessed | Objects and records you opened recently — the fastest way back to yesterday's work |
| Activity feed | Recent activity across your workspace |
Tip: Treat Needs your attention as your morning inbox — it surfaces approvals waiting on you before you open any app.
Switching between apps
The breadcrumb in the top-left corner always tells you where you are: app → object → record. The first segment is an app switcher — click it to drop down a list of your apps and jump between them without going back home.
Every install has, alongside the business apps built for your team:
| App | Who sees it | What it's for |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Everyone | Your personal space — profile, notifications inbox, approvals, security |
| Setup | Admins only | System administration |
The app navigation sidebar
Inside an app, the left sidebar is that app's menu. It contains flat items and collapsible groups (for example Workspace or Analytics). Each item opens one of three things:
| Item type | What clicking it opens |
|---|---|
| An object (e.g. Tasks) | Its list views — see Views |
| A page | A custom page built for your app |
| A dashboard | Charts and KPIs — see Dashboards |
A pin icon appears next to the active item so you can pin the places you use most.
Global search
Press ⌘K (Mac) or Ctrl-K (Windows/Linux), or click Search… in
the top bar. A dialog opens that searches records across all your
objects — type a few letters of a task name, project, or customer
and jump straight to it.
The top bar
The top bar is visible on every screen:
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Search… | Opens global search (⌘K / Ctrl-K) |
| Bell | Notifications, with a red badge showing your unread count. The full inbox lives in Account → Inbox → Notifications. |
| ? | Help |
| Avatar | Your account menu (below) |
The avatar menu shows your name and email, and contains:
| Entry | What it does |
|---|---|
| Profile | Opens your profile in the Account app |
| Preferences → Theme | Switch between light and dark |
| Preferences → Language | Change the interface language |
| Log out | End your session |
Tip: Theme and language live in the avatar menu → Preferences, not on your Profile page — a common place to look first.
Where to go next
| I want to… | Read |
|---|---|
| Open, create, and edit records | Working with records |
| Switch between grid, kanban, calendar and more | Using views |
| Read charts and KPIs | Dashboards |
| Approve or reject requests | Approvals |
| Manage my notifications | Notifications |
| Update my name, photo, or password | Profile & security |
| Build or customize apps | Build |
| Administer the system | Configure |