{"schemaVersion":"1","contentVersion":"2026-10-18.1","slug":"system-explorer","title":"Explore System Explorer","summary":"Find the data, workflows, code, and infrastructure behind your application in one place.","category":"User Manual","outcome":"Know where to inspect your application’s resources and how to return to Preview Mode.","minutes":4,"prerequisites":[],"related":["system-explorer-overview","system-explorer-database","system-explorer-workflows","system-explorer-services","system-explorer-activities","system-explorer-frontend","system-explorer-code","system-explorer-secrets","system-explorer-storage","system-explorer-permissions"],"sources":["Live app.rumata.dev, September 8 2026","content/controls"],"manual":true,"technical":[],"sections":[{"id":"overview","title":"Open your project overview","blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"This chapter is optional. You can go straight from Build and Edit to [Test](/guides/testing) without opening System Explorer."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Find [System Explorer](/guides/controls-preview#navigation) next to [Preview Mode](/guides/controls-preview#navigation) in your workspace."},{"type":"steps","items":["Open System Explorer, then Overview.","Read the At a glance cards and any What to review message."]},{"type":"note","title":"Check your result","text":"The panel reports traffic, users, automation results, records, and files where available. If it cannot load, check factory access and report the error; an empty metric does not prove that a customer task passed."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Learn more: [Overview cards and definitions](/guides/controls-overview)"}]},{"id":"tabs","title":"Recognize the pieces of your application","blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Explore the resources that support your application’s features."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"[System Explorer](/guides/controls-preview#navigation) lists [Overview](/guides/controls-overview#snapshot), [Database](/guides/controls-database-tables#table-browser), [Activities](/guides/controls-activities#list), [Workflows](/guides/controls-workflows#list), [Frontend](/guides/controls-frontend#frontend), [Code](/guides/controls-code#save-push), [Secrets](/guides/controls-secrets#browse), [Storage](/guides/controls-storage#browse), and [Access & Permissions](/guides/controls-access#groups) from top to bottom."},{"type":"steps","items":["Open Database to inspect the table list.","Explore reusable operations in Activities and the processes that connect them in Workflows.","Open Frontend for website details."]},{"type":"note","title":"Check your result","text":"Each section opens in the right-hand panel with the chat beside it. Your resource names may differ from the historical reference captures. If an expected resource is missing, ask the chat whether it was created and check your permissions."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Learn more: [Database](/guides/controls-database-tables) · [Activities](/guides/controls-activities) · [Workflows](/guides/controls-workflows) · [Frontend](/guides/controls-frontend)"}]},{"id":"look-inside","title":"Inspect a process without editing it","blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Follow a process to understand how it works or investigate an issue."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Open a process in [Workflows](/guides/controls-workflows#list) to explore its connected steps."},{"type":"steps","items":["Open a workflow related to the action you are investigating.","Follow the connections and select a step to inspect its settings.","Return to the workflow list when done."]},{"type":"note","title":"Check your result","text":"Expected result: the selected step shows its configuration. If the process or step is missing, return to the list, check the factory and workflow version, and ask the chat which workflow handles the action."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Learn more: [Workflow editor](/guides/controls-workflows) · [Complex workflows](/guides/system-explorer-workflows)"}]},{"id":"more-detail","title":"See more only when you need it","blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Review detailed statistics or inspect files without interrupting your work."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Use [Extend overview](/guides/controls-overview#extended) in [Overview](/guides/controls-overview#snapshot) for more detail, or explore [Storage](/guides/controls-storage#browse), [Code](/guides/controls-code#save-push), and [Secrets](/guides/controls-secrets#browse) in [System Explorer](/guides/controls-preview#navigation)."},{"type":"steps","items":["Choose Extend overview for more statistics.","Use Storage to inspect uploaded files, or Code to inspect source files.","Return to Preview Mode to try the application again."]},{"type":"note","title":"Check your result","text":"Expected result: the selected panel shows more detail. If information is unavailable or unfamiliar, ask the chat to explain it. You can continue to [Test](/guides/testing) without changing these settings."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Learn more: [Extended overview](/guides/controls-overview) · [Files](/guides/controls-storage) · [Code](/guides/controls-code) · [Secrets](/guides/controls-secrets)"}]}],"updated":"2026-10-15","audience":"general","media":[{"src":"https://docs.rumata.dev/media/manual/overview.jpg","width":1662,"height":789,"alt":"Sabai Talk Thai Overview with At a glance cards and What to review.","caption":"Reference capture from the separate Sabai Talk Thai application (September 8, 2026). Open [Overview](/guides/controls-overview#snapshot) for the project’s current figures. [Show affected workflows](/guides/controls-overview#snapshot) takes you to the processes that need attention.","sectionId":"overview"},{"src":"https://docs.rumata.dev/media/manual/database.jpg","width":1662,"height":789,"alt":"Sabai Talk Thai Database Studio Tables tab with lesson and progress tables.","caption":"Reference capture from the separate Sabai Talk Thai application (September 8, 2026). The [Tables](/guides/controls-database-tables#table-browser) tab shows the structures created for this learning site. Opening a table is a separate action; this view does not display customer records.","sectionId":"tabs"},{"src":"https://docs.rumata.dev/media/manual/workflow-step.jpg","width":1662,"height":789,"alt":"Lesson-loading workflow with the SQL activity selected and its settings open.","caption":"Reference capture from the separate Sabai Talk Thai application (September 8, 2026). Selecting a step opens its settings beside the graph. This lesson route loads its content through a saved query; no settings were changed for the capture.","sectionId":"look-inside"},{"src":"https://docs.rumata.dev/media/manual/extended-overview.jpg","width":1662,"height":789,"alt":"Extended overview with technical measurements beneath the business summary.","caption":"Reference capture from the separate Sabai Talk Thai application (September 8, 2026). [Extend overview](/guides/controls-overview#extended) reveals additional measurements. Use [Hide extended overview](/guides/controls-overview#extended) to return to the shorter summary.","sectionId":"more-detail"}],"video":null,"url":"https://docs.rumata.dev/guides/system-explorer"}