Getting started

The dashboard

The dashboard is where you organize work and open models. It has three parts: the sidebar, the content area, and the user menu in the top-right corner.

The dashboard with a product open, showing domain containers and their model cards.
The dashboard with a product open, showing domain containers and their model cards.

The sidebar

  • Search: filter what you are looking at.
  • Organization: the organization this browser tab is working in.
  • Products: every product you can see, as a collapsible list. The + button creates a new one (owners and admins only). Hovering a product reveals a menu with Edit, Share, and Delete; each entry is enabled only if you actually have that right.
  • Model Sharing: two saved views: Shared By Me and Shared With Me.
  • Your name, email, and avatar sit at the bottom, with a quick sign-out button.

The dashboard sidebar with the Products list expanded and a product's ⋯ menu open.
The dashboard sidebar with the Products list expanded and a product's ⋯ menu open.

Products and domains

Opening a product shows its domain containers stacked down the page. Each domain container holds the models in that domain and has its own + button (add a model) and menu (edit, share, delete).

A product's own header carries the same actions: the pencil to rename or re-describe it, the + to add a domain, and a menu for share and delete.

A product can be marked private, in which case only you and the organization's owners and admins can see it. Private products are displayed in the sidebar with a distinct folder icon.

Model cards

Every model in a domain appears as a card showing its type icon, name, and description. Click the card to open the editor. The card's menu carries the per-model actions:

Action What it does
Edit Change the model's name and description.
Duplicate Make an independent copy in the same domain.
Export Download the model as a file you can keep or re-import.
Import Bring a previously exported model back in (from the domain's menu).
Share Give named people or the whole organization access. See Sharing and access.
Available offline Keep a local copy so the model opens and edits without a connection.
Delete Remove the model.

Renaming a model can be done in a few ways: from the card or from the model header inside the editor. Doing so is restricted to an owner, an admin, or the person who created it. Editing a model's content is a separate, broader permission.

A model card with its ⋯ menu open, showing Edit, Duplicate, Export, Share, and Delete.
A model card with its ⋯ menu open, showing Edit, Duplicate, Export, Share, and Delete.

Linked models

Some models can created from and linked to others. A Context Map can be generated from an EventStorming model; a Domain Model derived from a Context Map; a Glossary generated from a Domain Model; an ADR log can be attached to an architecture. The dashboard nests those under their source so the relationship is visible at a glance, and a model in manual sync mode shows a pending-changes indicator when its source has moved on.

See Linked models for how the links behave.

Shared By Me / Shared With Me

These two views collect everything crossing a person boundary:

  • Shared By Me: products, domains, and models you have shared with someone else.
  • Shared With Me: everything someone else has shared with you, including things outside the products you normally browse.

The user menu

The avatar in the top-right corner opens the user menu:

  • Profile: your display name, avatar initials and color, or an image URL.
  • Account: your organization and plan.
  • Members: invite people and manage their roles (owners and admins).
  • Settings: application preferences.
  • Docs: this documentation, opened in a new tab.
  • Sign out.

The user menu open in the dashboard header, with Docs listed above Sign out.
The user menu open in the dashboard header, with Docs listed above Sign out.