{"schemaVersion":"1","contentVersion":"2026-11-01.13","slug":"understand-project","updated":"2026-11-01","title":"Understand your app","summary":"Optional for beginners. Explore the resources behind your application, or go directly to Test.","category":"User Manual","outcome":"An understanding of how the website, backend services, workflows, data and access rules fit together.","minutes":4,"prerequisites":[],"related":["architecture","system-explorer-services","controls-overview","controls-workflows"],"sources":["Live app.rumata.dev, September 8 2026","content/controls","kondor_frontend/rumata_studio/src/components/window/explorer/ExplorerNavigation.tsx","docs/architecture/backend-services.md"],"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) groups Overview, Workflows, Services, Frontend, Code, Database, Storage, Keys & secrets, and Permissions. Activities and Connectors are tabs under Workflows; API keys and Secrets are tabs under Keys & secrets."},{"type":"steps","items":["Open Services to inspect the backend API or worker, and Database to inspect its tables.","Open Workflows for automations; use its Activities and Connectors tabs for reusable operations and integrations.","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":"Find out whether the feature calls a [backend service](/guides/backends) or a workflow. The two have different status and debugging views."},{"type":"steps","items":["For an API or worker, open Services and select the service. Check development or deployed status, logs and endpoint details.","For automation, open the relevant workflow, inspect its connected steps and select the run to examine.","Return to the workflow list when done."]},{"type":"note","title":"Check your result","text":"You can identify the component responsible for the request. If nothing matches, check the factory and ask which service or workflow implements the feature before creating a replacement."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Learn more: [Backend services](/guides/backends) · [Workflow editor](/guides/controls-workflows) · [Architecture](/guides/architecture)"}]},{"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)"}]}],"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/system-explorer/database-tables.png","sectionId":"tabs","width":1539,"height":1022,"alt":"Database Studio’s Tables diagram and relationship controls.","caption":"The [Tables](/guides/controls-database-tables#table-browser) diagram shows table structures and relationships. Its row counts are summaries; it does not display individual customer records."},{"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/understand-project"}