Navigating Your Dashboard
Where everything lives in the OpenPOS dashboard: the sidebar sections, Store Settings, search and the AI chat.
Last updated October 12, 2026
The dashboard is where owners and managers run the store from a computer or tablet. The sidebar has two parts: This Location (the store you're in) and Your Business (things shared across your stores).
Where to find it
- This Location — Home, Operations (the live board of active orders), Orders, 86 Board, Analytics and Reports and Website, then TEAM, CATERING, GUEST MANAGEMENT, MENU, AI MANAGER and SETUP (Devices and Store Settings).
- Your Business — CUSTOMERS, PEOPLE, ADMIN (Business Profile, Payouts, Wallet and Locations) and, for owners running several stores as one brand, BRAND.
- Store Settings — under SETUP. Its Services tab lists each part of the store with its own switch, such as Online Ordering, Guest management, Catering Services, Voice AI, AI Manager, Time Clock and Scheduling.
- Switching stores — click the store name at the top of the sidebar and choose Switch Location.
Good to know
- Press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows) to search orders, people, menu items and pages, or type a question and choose Ask AI.
- The sparkle icon at the top opens the AI chat drawer from any page; the full AI Manager is its own app. See Talk to Your AI Manager.
- The rocket icon opens the Go Live Guide, and the question mark opens this help center.
- Kitchen display screens and the full-screen 86 Board run on their own screens, and staff on the floor use the staff app. See kitchen display screens and staff apps.
If something's not working
- Don't see a section? It appears only when its feature is turned on in Store Settings › Services — for example, Schedule needs Scheduling, and Voice Calls needs Voice AI.
- Some sections depend on your role: CUSTOMERS is for owners, admins and managers; PEOPLE and ADMIN are for owners and admins.
- Still stuck? Email [email protected].