> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.timetracker.in/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# The product tour

> TimeTracker's built-in guided tour walks you through the sidebar, time tracking, projects, approvals, reports and invoices – adapted to your role and your workspace.

TimeTracker has a short guided tour built in. It highlights each part of the app in
turn and explains what it is for.

It is the fastest way to orient a new person, and it takes about two minutes.

## What the tour covers

The tour walks through the app in this order:

<Steps>
  <Step title="The sidebar">
    Everything lives here. The tour starts by showing you the shape of the product.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Time">
    Where you track hours and see your own entries.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Projects">
    Clients, projects and how work is organised.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Tasks">
    The unit of work you track time against.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Approvals">
    Where submitted timesheets, timecards, expenses and leave arrive for review.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Reports">
    Asking questions about where time and money went.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Invoices">
    Turning approved billable work into a bill.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Settings">
    Where the rest of the product is configured.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Your account">
    Your profile, your preferences and the workspace switcher.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Start your first timer">
    The tour finishes by pointing at the thing you will use every day.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## The tour adapts to you

This is the part worth knowing: **you do not see steps that do not apply to you.**

Each step is skipped unless two things are true:

1. **The app is switched on** for your workspace
2. **You hold the capability** the step is about

So the tour is different for different people:

| Person                                 | What they see                                                     |
| -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Maya (Owner)                           | Every step                                                        |
| Sarah (Member)                         | Sidebar, Time, Projects, Tasks, Reports, Settings, account, timer |
| Priya (Project Manager)                | The same, plus **Approvals**                                      |
| Daniel (Finance)                       | The money steps, including **Invoices**                           |
| A workspace with Invoices switched off | No **Invoices** step, for anyone                                  |

Nobody is shown a tour of a feature they cannot reach. That is deliberate – a tour
that points at a button you do not have is worse than no tour.

## Taking the tour

The tour offers itself when you first arrive in a workspace.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start it">
    Accept the prompt when it appears.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Move through the steps">
    Use **Next** to advance, or **Back** to revisit a step.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Leave any time">
    Dismiss it and carry on. Nothing is left half-configured – the tour only
    highlights, it never changes anything.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  The tour is purely explanatory. It does not create data, change settings or turn
  anything on.
</Note>

## The onboarding checklist

Separate from the tour, a short checklist appears in the app with three starting
tasks:

1. **Track your first hour**
2. **Create a real project**
3. **Invite your group**

It is there to get you past the empty-workspace stage. Dismissing it is a decision
that sticks – it will not reappear on your next device.

## Using the tour to onboard your team

When someone new joins:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Invite them with the right role">
    The tour they see depends on it. See
    [invite your team](/getting-started/invite-your-team).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Ask them to take the tour">
    Two minutes, and it answers most first-day questions.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Point them at the checklist">
    Tracking one real hour makes the rest click.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Send them one doc link">
    [How TimeTracker works](/concepts/how-timetracker-works) is the best single page
    for a new person.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The full new-starter routine is in
[onboard a new employee](/guides/onboard-a-new-employee).

## Common questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Can I retake the tour?">
    Yes. Look for the help or tour option in your account menu.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Why does my colleague see more steps than me?">
    Because the tour follows your role and your workspace's apps. They hold a
    capability you do not, or an app is on that would otherwise be hidden. See
    [roles and permissions](/concepts/roles-and-capabilities).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I turn the tour off for my workspace?">
    The tour follows the apps you have switched on. Switching an app off removes its
    step for everyone. See [apps](/settings/apps).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does the tour change any of my settings?">
    No. It only highlights parts of the screen.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I dismiss the onboarding checklist?">
    Yes, and it stays dismissed – it is remembered for you, not just for the browser
    you happened to use.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related guides

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/getting-started/quickstart">
    Do the setup yourself in ten minutes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="How TimeTracker works" icon="diagram-project" href="/concepts/how-timetracker-works">
    The best single page for a new person.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Onboard a new employee" icon="user-plus" href="/guides/onboard-a-new-employee">
    The full new-starter checklist.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Setup checklist" icon="list-check" href="/getting-started/setup-checklist">
    Everything left to configure.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>