Navigating the Platform
Understanding the TekToro interface, sidebar navigation, and role-based dashboards.
Once signed in, TekToro presents a sidebar-driven interface tailored to your role and permissions.
Sidebar Navigation
The left sidebar provides access to every major area of the platform:
- Dashboard — Your role-specific home view with key metrics and quick actions.
- Clients — Manage client records, contacts, and portal access.
- Projects — Create and track projects, with sub-pages for the Projects Dashboard, Project Calendar, Tasks, and Kanban Board.
- Invoicing — Submit tickets, manage master invoices, and view approved tickets.
- Calendar — View and create events alongside task due dates and project milestones.
- HR Management — Access the HR Dashboard, Team Members, Contracts, and Compliance Alerts.
- Documents — Browse and upload files across all contexts.
- Notes — Create, organize, and share notes with your team.
- Members — Invite and manage team members, configure roles and permissions.
- Settings — Update your team workspace name, logo, and account preferences.
The items visible in your sidebar depend on your role and permissions. For example, a basic team member may not see HR Management, while a client portal user sees only their relevant sections.
Role-Based Dashboards
Your dashboard is customized to your role and member type, surfacing the information most relevant to your work.
Client Portal Dashboard
- Company profile and contact information
- Outstanding invoices and payment status
- Approved work tickets being billed
- Active projects and progress
- Upcoming calendar events
Contractor Dashboard (Basic)
- Ticket KPIs (draft, pending, approved, rejected counts)
- Hours summary with period-over-period comparison
- Outstanding pay (unpaid invoice totals)
- Compliance status and onboarding progress
- Activity feed with recent ticket updates
- Quick actions: create ticket, view invoices, upload documents
Manager Dashboard
- Approval queue with pending tickets and invoices
- Master invoice status overview
- Project workload distribution across the team
- Team productivity metrics
Administrator Dashboard
- Financial summary (total invoiced, paid, outstanding)
- Contractors overview with team metrics
- Compliance overview across all members
- Master invoice generator for quick invoice creation
Additional Interface Elements
- Notification bell — Located in the header, displays a red badge with your unread notification count. Click to open the notification center.
- Theme toggle — Switch between light and dark mode from the header (when enabled by your administrator).
- Workspace switcher — If you belong to multiple team workspaces, you can switch between them from the sidebar.