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Out of the box, every table in your database is surfaced as a collection with full browse, search, and edit. This step is about exploring what you have, then making it useful for the people who’ll work in it every day.

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Browse and search your data

Open any collection from the left sidebar to get a table view of its records. From there you can:
  • Search across the collection’s main fields
  • Filter on any field (status, date ranges, related records) and combine conditions
  • Sort by any column
  • Click a row to open the record detail, with its fields, related data, and available actions
This is the default operator experience, no configuration required. Everything below is about tailoring it.
For the full set of browsing controls, filters, sorting, and exports, see Browse.

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Organize your navigation bar and collection table view

Open the Layout Editor to enter edit mode. From there you can:
  • Hide & reorder collections in the left navigation bar view to only surface the most important ones
  • Hide & reorder fields that are irrelevant for your team’s daily work
Changes in the Layout Editor are saved as configuration, they don’t affect your database schema.
The Layout Editor is available to users with the Editor permission level or higher. Learn more about permission levels.

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Configure a collection

Beyond the layout, each collection has settings that shape how it behaves:
  • Display name and reference field (the value shown when the record is referenced elsewhere)
  • Default sort and search behavior
  • Which fields appear, and the widget used to display or edit each one (text, date picker, image, JSON, related-record selector…)
See Collection configuration and Fields & widgets for the full list of options.

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Create a segment

Segments are saved filters that let your team quickly access specific subsets of data, for example “Pending orders” or “Enterprise customers”. To create a segment:
  1. Open a collection
  2. Apply the filters you want (e.g. status = pending)
  3. Click Save as segment and give it a name
The segment will appear in the left sidebar for that collection.
You can also create smart segments with custom backend logic for more complex filtering. See Segments.

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What’s next

You now have a clean, readable back-office your team can navigate. The next step is adding custom business logic, actions your team can trigger directly from the UI.

Next: Add business logic →

Create actions and computed fields