# First steps

> Sign in, find your way around and understand what a workspace is.

Your workspace is your firm's own space in workelligence. Every contact, project, time entry and invoice belongs to exactly one workspace, and nobody outside it can see them.

## Sign in

1. Open [app.workelligence.com](https://app.workelligence.com/login).
2. Enter your email address and password.
3. Tick **Remember me** if you want to stay signed in on this computer for 14 days. Without it, the session ends when you close the browser.

If you were invited by a colleague, the invitation email leads to a page where you set your password first. If your workspace requires two-factor authentication, you set up an authenticator app on first sign-in. See [Two-factor authentication](/help/account/two-factor-authentication/).

:::note[Availability]
Self-service sign-up from the website is being switched on. Until then, your workspace is created for you after the discovery call, and the owner invites everyone else.
:::

## The first screen

On the first sign-in, the workspace owner answers one question: **Where is your agency based?** The country sets the tax rules for your invoices and cannot be guessed, so the app asks before anything else. Everything after that is optional and can be set up later with **Set up later**. See [Workspace basics](/help/getting-started/workspace-basics/).

## Finding your way around

The navigation on the left lists the areas of the app. Its wording is the app's default and can be changed in Settings, see [Modules and terminology](/help/settings/modules-and-terminology/).

| Area | What it holds |
| --- | --- |
| **My Work** | What needs you today, then your open tasks |
| **Inbox** | Email from your connected mailbox, matched to contacts |
| **Deals** | Every enquiry, from first contact to a won deal |
| **Contacts** | Companies and people |
| **Projects** | Projects, tasks, milestones and files |
| **Time** | The timer, your week and the team's timesheets |
| **Billing** | Quotes, invoices, recurring invoices, supplier invoices, payments |
| **Reports** | Pipeline, revenue, utilization, profitability, receivables |
| **Settings** | Workspace, members, modules, rate cards, numbering, templates |

Press **⌘K** on a Mac or **Ctrl K** on Windows to search. The search opens pages and finds contacts, projects, tasks and notes by name.

## What to do next

1. [Set the workspace basics](/help/getting-started/workspace-basics/): currency, language, modules.
2. [Invite your team](/help/getting-started/invite-your-team/).
3. [Bring your data](/help/getting-started/import-your-data/) from a spreadsheet or from MOCO.
4. [Log your first week](/help/time/timer-and-week-grid/).