Overview
ProDex opens on the Chat page, with Dexter ready to go — that’s the app’s front door and where most work starts. Around it, the interface has three pieces you’ll use constantly: a collapsible left navigation that maps every capability in the platform, a factory selector at the top of it that scopes everything you see to one workspace, and, on the Chat page, a rail that holds your conversations and workflows. This page is a map of that interface, item by item. If you’re new to the underlying terms (Factory, model, run, artifact), read Key Concepts first.The Left Navigation
Factory Selector
Below the logo, the first item is a button showing the current factory’s name. Clicking it opens a popover with:- A Search factories… box
- The factory you’re in under Current, then your Starred factories, then the rest grouped by how recently they changed. Each factory has a star to mark it as a favorite.
- Bottom actions: New Factory, Factory files, Sharing, and Factory settings
Navigation Items, Top to Bottom
The navigation is grouped with visual separators. Custom modules, Planning, and Gantt appear only when enabled for your account; being an admin does not enable them. See feature availability.
When enabled, the BOM configurator is a module template in Custom modules. Pinned modules and templates can also appear in your sidebar; they are shortcuts to those modules, not separate product areas.
For personal preferences, click your email at the bottom of the sidebar and choose Settings. Each factory’s settings are in the factory selector under Factory settings.
Bottom Cluster
At the bottom of the navigation, in order:- Search (Ctrl+K, or ⌘K on Mac): search pages, chats, knowledge-base files, model nodes, BOMs, uploads, and reports, and run quick commands such as starting a new chat
- Notifications: the in-app inbox, such as factories others have shared with you
- Team: manage the people in your organization (shown to organization admins only)
- Your account: shows your email; open its menu for Settings, Help, and Logout. Help contains Feedback and Documentation. See Settings.
The Chat Page Rail
The Chat page has its own rail, to the right of the main navigation. It’s where you find your work with Dexter:- New Conversation and a search box for past conversations and workflows
- Workflows: reusable procedures you and Dexter have saved
- Scheduled: Dexter tasks that run on a schedule — see Scheduled Jobs
- Your conversations, in folders and by date
- Preferences, at the bottom: how Dexter should work across every new conversation in this factory
How Dexter Shows Up Outside Chat
Dexter is not confined to the Chat page. Even on Modeler, Planning, or any other surface, Dexter works alongside you:- Session-context awareness: Dexter knows which page you’re on and which objects you have selected — a specific model, run, or pipeline. You can ask “why is utilization so low here?” without restating what “here” is.
- Tasks: when Dexter is doing multi-step work on your behalf (profiling a dataset, building a model, running an analysis), it maintains a visible task list so you can see what’s in flight, what’s done, and what’s next — no status-update questions needed.
- Questions: when Dexter needs your sign-off before something consequential — approving derived cycle times, publishing a report — it shows you the work and asks a short approval question you answer with a click.
Beta Features
Beta features are set up by ProDex per organization, so they may not appear in your navigation yet. Their pages in these docs carry a Beta badge. If you expect to see one that isn’t there, ask your ProDex representative to turn it on for your organization.
Where to Go Next
- Your First Project: upload data, talk to Dexter, get your first artifact
- Your First Simulation: build and run a model end to end
- Key Concepts: the vocabulary the rest of the docs assumes