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Use Search records (Ctrl+K) to jump to any customer, job, quote, or invoice, learn what each sidebar section holds, and use the phone layout's bottom bar.

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Owner/AdminDashboard & Navigation3 minutesUpdated Sep 23, 2026Current instructions
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What you'll learn

Where everything lives, and the one shortcut that skips the menus entirely.

Search records

  1. 1

    Press Ctrl+K (⌘K on Mac) or click Search records at the top

    Type a name, address, phone, email, job number, quote number, or invoice number.

  2. 2

    Pick a result

    Results are grouped by Customers, Jobs, Quotes, Invoices, and Leads. Use the arrow keys and Enter, or click. Esc closes the search.

Search records screenshot

The sidebar, top to bottom

  • Dashboard — today, this week, needs you, priorities, cashflow.
  • My Work — jobs assigned to you personally, in the crew view.
  • Customers — Customer List (records, import, map view) and Lead Management (pipeline).
  • Message Center — Inbox, Broadcasts, Automated Messages, Settings.
  • Schedule — Calendar, Dispatch Center, Employees, Jobs, Crew, Job Log, Routing.
  • Service Agreements — My Workspace, Agreements, Customers (companies), Templates.
  • Financial Management — Quoting and Invoicing.
  • Reports — the reports hub, grouped Money, Sales, Jobs & Crews, Customers.
  • Your name (top right) — Settings, dark mode toggle (moon icon), notifications bell, sign out.

On a phone

  • Bottom bar: Today, Schedule, Create (+), My Work, More.
  • Create (+) offers New work, New Customer, New Quote, New Invoice.
  • More holds Customers, Money, Messages, Reports, Employees, Agreements, Automations, Integrations, Subscription, Settings.
  • The menu icon at the top left opens the full sidebar.
The More menu on a phone

Dark mode

The moon icon next to Search records switches the whole app to dark mode for you only. Screenshots in this help center use light mode.

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