Explore System Explorer
Find the data, workflows, code, and infrastructure behind your application in one place.
Open your project overview
This chapter is optional. You can go straight from Build and Edit to Test without opening System Explorer.
Find System Explorer next to Preview Mode in your workspace.
- Open System Explorer, then Overview.
- Read the At a glance cards and any What to review message.
Learn more: Overview cards and definitions
Recognize the pieces of your application
Explore the resources that support your application’s features.
System Explorer 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.
- 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.
Learn more: Database · Activities · Workflows · Frontend
Inspect a process without editing it
Follow a process to understand how it works or investigate an issue.
Find out whether the feature calls a backend service or a workflow. The two have different status and debugging views.
- 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.
Learn more: Backend services · Workflow editor · Architecture
See more only when you need it
Review detailed statistics or inspect files without interrupting your work.
Use Extend overview in Overview for more detail, or explore Storage, Code, and Secrets in System Explorer.
- 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.
Learn more: Extended overview · Files · Code · Secrets