# A tour of the console
Source: https://docs.infraista.com/en/getting-started/tour-of-the-console



The console is where you create and manage everything in Infraista. This page explains what each part
of the screen does.

<Shot name="getting-started/console-tour/dashboard" alt="The Infraista dashboard with the sidebar, top bar, spend summary, resources and recent activity" />

## Sidebar [#sidebar]

* **Organization switcher** (top): which account you're working in. See
  [Organizations](/en/getting-started/organizations).
* **Search or jump to…**: opens the Launchpad (below).
* **Dashboard** and **Get started**: your overview and a setup checklist.
* **Product groups**: **Compute**, **AI & GPU**, **Data & Storage**, **Network & Library**,
  **Observability** and **Account**. Select a group to open it.
* **Help & Support** (bottom): chat with us or open a ticket.
* **Collapse sidebar**: more room for wide tables.

## Dashboard [#dashboard]

The dashboard shows, for the current organization:

* **Spend this month**, the **Month-end forecast** at the current run rate, what's **Running now**
  per hour, and your **Credit balance**.
* **Your resources**, grouped by product, with counts and this month's cost. **By project** groups them
  by project instead.
* **Needs attention**: anything in this organization that needs a look.
* **Recent activity**: who changed what. **Activity log** opens the full history.

**Create** (top right) starts any new resource, and **View usage** opens the cost breakdown.

## Search and the Launchpad [#search-and-the-launchpad]

Press <kbd>/</kbd> or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> (<kbd>⌘</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> on a Mac) anywhere in the
console, then type to find a product, a page or one of your resources.

<Shot name="getting-started/console-tour/search" alt="The Launchpad search window listing top products and every product group" />

## Top bar [#top-bar]

| Item                         | What it does                                                                                                                      |
| ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Breadcrumb                   | Where you are; select a part to go back up                                                                                        |
| **Status**                   | Current incidents and planned maintenance                                                                                         |
| Region switcher (**Global**) | Shows resources from all regions, or only one. **Manage regions** opens [Regions](/en/getting-started/regions-and-data-locations) |
| Theme                        | Switch between light and dark                                                                                                     |
| Bell                         | Notifications: server events, billing, security alerts and access requests                                                        |
| Your initials                | Your account, settings and **Sign out**                                                                                           |

## Related [#related]

* [Organizations](/en/getting-started/organizations)
* [Create a cloud server](/en/getting-started/create-a-cloud-server)