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These are the different sections in ThoughtSpot:

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Info

TL/DR: This area will help guide you through the homepage and how to get started with search.

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Home page

When you log into ThoughtSpot, you see the ThoughtSpot home page. It is accessible when you select Home or the ThoughtSpot logo from the top navigation bar.

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  • Search across existing answers and Liveboards

  • Search your data to create new answers and Liveboards

  • Track important metrics

  • View objects you viewed recently

  • View trending Liveboards and answers

  • Filter existing objects by favorite, author, tag, or type of object

  • Sort existing objects by author, views, or most recently viewed

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Search across existing answers and Liveboards

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The home page displays the Search answers experience by default. You can select a specific worksheet from the Sources dropdown to the left of the search bar, or search across all worksheets that you have access to. Type your query into the search bar at the top of the screen. Select Go or click Enter on your keyboard. For example, search gross orders in the last year if you are looking for a particular Liveboard about sales that a coworker made. This type of search does not require you to be extensively familiar with your company’s data and how it is organized.

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Search your data

You can search directly on your data. Use this functionality if you would like to create your own answers and Liveboards to answer questions about your data.

To search your data, select the Search data button in the top navigation bar (next to ‘Search Answers' pictured above).. The Search data page appears. Select a data source to search on (e.g. Sales & Revenue), and type your query into the search bar at the top of the screen. Select Go or click Enter on your keyboard. For example, search sales gross revenue last year store #103 bakerypub type to see last year’s sales in the bakery department for store 103gross revenue by pub type. This type of search requires you to be familiar with your company’s data, to know which worksheets contain data that interests you, and the names of the columns and values within that worksheet.

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