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Navigation Overview

Learn where everything lives in the Upstat interface so you can navigate efficiently.

Upstat is designed to help you respond to incidents, manage monitoring, and collaborate across teams. This guide breaks down each major navigation element and how to use it.

Top Navigation Bar

The top nav gives you context about your current location and lets you switch between projects.

  • Current Project Dropdown – Shows the name and alias of your current project. Click to switch projects or manage them.
  • Search Bar – Quickly search for incidents, monitors, or team members.
  • Notifications – Access alerts and updates triggered by incident activity or automation rules.
  • User Menu – Access your profile, preferences, security settings, or sign out.

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This sidebar gives you access to all the main sections of the current project.

Sections include:

  • Dashboard – Overview of active incidents, monitors, and schedules
  • Incidents – View, filter, and create incidents
  • Monitors – Track uptime, SSL status, and API responsiveness
  • On-Call – Manage rosters, shifts, and overrides
  • Catalog – See services and entities linked to incidents and monitors
  • Automations – Set up custom if/then logic for incident or monitor events
  • Reports – (If enabled) Access reporting on uptime, MTTR, team performance
  • Settings – Configure incident labels, statuses, and project preferences

The active section is always highlighted so you can see where you are.

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Page Layout Structure

Each main section of Upstat uses a consistent layout:

  • Header – Shows the section title, action buttons (like “New Incident”), and filters
  • Toolbar – Contains views (List, Kanban), sorting, and advanced filtering options
  • Main Content Area – Displays incidents, monitors, rosters, or catalog entities
  • Detail Drawer or Modal – Clicking on an item opens its full detail without leaving the page

This layout ensures quick context switching without losing your place.

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Project vs. Account Settings

Settings are split by scope:

  • Project Settings – Manage labels, statuses, automations, notification rules, and members specific to the current project
  • Account Settings – Manage subscription, team roles, billing, security, and global preferences

You can find these via:

  • Project Settings in the left sidebar (visible inside each project)
  • Account Settings from the user menu in the top nav

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Summary

  • Use the top nav for switching projects and accessing personal settings
  • Use the left sidebar to navigate between incidents, monitors, schedules, and automations
  • Pages follow a consistent layout so you can stay focused
  • Project and account settings are always accessible based on context

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