# Finding your way around

Learn the layout of the Open Core HR workspace and how to move between pages.

Everyone uses the same sidebar. **My Workspace** is one dropdown for all your
personal pages: attendance, leave, expenses, payslips, assets, loans, documents,
policies and more. Each enabled module adds its own personal pages automatically.
Team and company work, reports and setup stay in their module menus.

Breadcrumbs on the left of the top bar show your current location. Use **Search**
on the right (Ctrl+K or Cmd+K) to find an available page. Type at least two
characters to also find people and, if you can view customers, customers by name
or code; results include only the records your permissions allow. Missing
pages may require a permission or an enabled module; contact your administrator
if you need access.

![The workspace: My Workspace (1) holds your personal pages, Search (2) finds pages and people, and the account menu (3) sits at the bottom of the sidebar.](https://media.czappstudio.com/screens/docs/navigation/light-48231fe698-2880.webp)

## Search and filter lists

Use search to find records by the text supported by the current list. Open
**Filters** to narrow the results, then choose **Apply filters**. The filter
section expands within the page, so you can keep the results in view.

Changes in the filter section are drafts until you apply them. **Cancel** discards
the draft; **Reset filters** restores the page's defaults in the draft and still
requires Apply. Remove an applied filter individually, or use **Clear filters**
to restore all defaults. Clearing filters keeps your search text.

![A list with its filters open: search (1), open Filters (2), then choose Apply filters (3).](https://media.czappstudio.com/screens/docs/list-filters/light-33d5f17846-2880.webp)

## Pin frequent pages

Hover over a module or page, or focus it with the keyboard, to reveal its star.
On touch screens the star appears inside the row. Select it to add the item to
**Pinned**, or select it again to remove it. Pins belong to your account and
follow you across browsers and devices. A pin is hidden when its module is
disabled or your permission is removed; pinning never grants access.

## Account and alerts

Your account menu is at the bottom of the sidebar. Open it for **My Profile**,
**Change Password**, or **Logout**. **Bank Details** is inside **My Workspace**.
**Notifications** in the header contains decisions on requests and other alerts.
**Settings** contains company-wide configuration for authorized administrators.

Open available communication modules from the sidebar. The **Documentation**
link in the footer opens this public manual.

Use the top-bar shortcuts to open Chat or Email. On phones, open **Shortcuts** first. **Quick create** opens relevant forms across enabled modules, including employee records, leave and expense requests, tasks, loans, assets, policies, announcements, job postings, warnings, feed updates, and payroll drafts. Only actions allowed for your account appear. Payroll drafts require a configured pay group; Email requires a provisioned mailbox.

Open your account menu at the bottom of the sidebar to change **Choose appearance** or **Language**.