Getting Started
How to use VAL: your quick start guide

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Welcome to VAL! We're happy to have you. VAL is the place where data, solutions and people come together so that data can be democratise and teams can get their best work done. Check out the guide below for a quick tour.
Tip: To access our Help Centre and educational resources, click on the Doc ﻿  icon found on app landing page when you logged in.
Sidebar
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From the sidebar, you can access the different feature modules available in VAL.
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1. Landing Page
2. Dashboard
3. Workspace
4. VAL Drive
The landing page is where you'll access your favourite workspace, dashboard, etc. Plus see a full listing of all workspace, dashboard and integration. You will also be able to access the documentation from the landing page.
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View your dashboard here and select from the list of dashboards available to you from the selector at the top left of the app. 
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Dashboards are organised into the following sections.
Private: Dashboard created by you and not shared 
Public: Dashboard created by you and shared to everyone
Shared: Dashboard not created by you and shared to you
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Browse the data collected into VAL and explore your data. Filter the data you need, pivot your data or create adhoc charts quickly from the workspace. Navigate to the zone where your table is stored the selector at the top left of the app. 
Click on the table to view your data in the main window.
Workspace are organised as Space -> Zone -> Table Type -> Table
Space: Folder containing multiple zone
Zone: Folder containing multiple tables of data
Table Type: Tagging of tables into different categories
Table: This is where data resides
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VAL Drive is VAL version of "Dropbox". Users drag and drop their reports here for VAL to consume and also comes here to download report and files that VAL generate and reports that VAL downloads automatically from source platforms.
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Notifications and Settings
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At the bottom of the sidebar, you can get access notifications of action you have perform such as triggering of upload of data, reconciliation, data transformation, or generation of report. At the same time
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4. Notifications
5. Settings
Provide updates on the action you have taken. As some activities might take time, you can always check the status of completion here on the notification tab.
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Updated 21 Jan 2025
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