The workspace opens as a full-screen view when you click Open Workspace from Admin > Performance Intelligence.

Across the top you'll see:

Clicking a tab swaps the entire view.

The left sidebar carries two things:

Views and Lenses

The sidebar's navigation list changes depending on which top-level tab you're in. Every module's first view is an Introduction page — a primer on what Compass produces for that module — and each module opens on it when you switch tabs:

The active view is highlighted; click any view to load it.

Filters and scope controls

Below the navigation, the sidebar shows the filters that apply to the current view. Every view shares a few common filters; some views add their own.

For Reviews you pick a single review cycle from a dropdown. The list is grouped by folder and labelled with the review title and the count of completed reviews. Both in-progress and completed cycles are listed, as long as at least one review in the cycle has been completed — so you can watch a live cycle mid-flight. Empty cycles are excluded, and a default cycle is pre-selected when the workspace opens.

For Compare Reviews you pick 2+ cycles to compare against each other. You'll see "Add cycle" / "Remove" controls on the side.

Other tabs (Employee Trajectory, Objectives, Fast Feedback) don't use a cycle picker — Employee Trajectory synthesises across all cycles, and Objectives / Fast Feedback use a date range instead.

On Objectives and Fast Feedback, the sidebar shows a date range selector with six options:

The date range scopes the activity-based metrics on these tabs (new / completed / comments / NSI trend, etc.) to that window. Snapshots like "currently open objectives" or "pending requests" ignore the date range because they're current-state, not period metrics.

On most tabs the sidebar offers three attribute filters: Department, Role (job profile), and Location. These are dropdowns of "All" by default; pick one to scope the view to that segment.

If you're a restricted admin, your view is automatically scoped — you'll only see the segments you have access to.

Some views add their own filters or settings to the sidebar:

The rest of the screen is the view itself — a grid of cards, charts, and tables specific to whatever page you've opened. Many cards support full-screen expansion. Most charts and tables have hover tooltips with detail.

When you switch tabs or change a filter, a spinner overlay appears while the new view fetches.

If you're on a Reviews view that needs a cycle and none is selected, you'll see an empty state prompting you to pick a cycle from the sidebar. Introduction pages load regardless of cycle selection.

If the AI hasn't yet processed enough data to show a view — e.g., an Objectives Quality page when no quality analysis has been run — you'll see a notice card explaining what's needed.