🛠️ Software Functionality

<aside> ❓ What can I build 🏗️ in Layer? You can build any workflow functionality in Layer that combines Spatial Data with Tabular Data.

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In simple language, that means that if you’ve been doing X workflow in a spreadsheet and it relates to a building, then you can do it in Layer.

<aside> 👉 Workflows Layer officially supports with out of the box templates

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🎮 Controls & Navigation

Some users choose to wait for their 🏗️ Project Setup meeting or you can choose to go it alone. If you’d like to work ahead, you can read through the rest of this help document to learn the basics of navigating Layer.


🚧 Project Page

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Every project page will have a similar 2 column layout. On the left you’ll find navigation elements, and project data on the right.


🦞 Layer Categories

Categories are used to contain data about different objects, events, or other datasets. The example below, you can see categories for Products, Room Types, Site Observations, and more.

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Read more about Layer Categories

🦞 Layer Elements

Data is displayed in a tabular or spreadsheet format as a default. Each element can be opened or edited by clicking on the row.