--- title: Finding Your Way Around Stella description: Navigate around the askStella application to create, view, and share reports --- [Skip to content](https://h.askstella.com/help/navigate-the-app#main-content) ![Stella](https://h.askstella.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ask_stella_logo_white_bg.png?width=1413&height=690&name=ask_stella_logo_white_bg.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Talk to a Human](mailto:humans@askstella.com) [Talk to a Human](mailto:humans@askstella.com) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Stella](https://h.askstella.com/help?hsLang=en) 2. [Onboarding](https://h.askstella.com/help/onboarding?hsLang=en) # Finding Your Way Around Stella ## Navigating the App Stella has three main areas: the **Report List** on the left, the **report page** in the middle, and the **chat drawer** on the right. This page explains what each one does, so the rest of the guides can get straight to the task at hand. ### When you first log in You'll see your Report List on the left and a prompt to pick a report. ![reportList](https://h.askstella.com/hs-fs/hubfs/docs%20images/reportList.jpg?width=670&height=419&name=reportList.jpg)   Nothing is selected yet — that's expected. Click any report in the list to open it, or click **+ New report** to start a new one. - [How to ask for a new report](https://h.askstella.com/help/ask-for-a-new-report?hsLang=en) ### The Report List Your reports are grouped by where they are in their lifecycle, in this order: | Group | What it means | | --- | --- | | **Active** | Approved and running on their schedule | | **Ready** | A new version is waiting for your review | | **Working** | Stella is building or updating the report | | **Pending** | Waiting on a data connection or a subscription before it can run | | **Drafts** | Still being defined in the chat | A group only appears when it has something in it, so a short list is normal. Archived reports aren't shown here at all. - [What each report status means](https://h.askstella.com/help/report-status?hsLang=en) #### Searching Start typing in **Search reports** to narrow the list. Only matching reports stay visible, and empty groups drop away while you're searching. Clear the box to bring everything back. ![reportListSearch](https://h.askstella.com/hs-fs/hubfs/docs%20images/reportListSearch.jpg?width=670&height=419&name=reportListSearch.jpg) #### Making more room Click the **«** button to collapse the Report List when you want the full width for a report. It shrinks to a narrow strip that still shows your total report count, and the **»** button brings it back. ![reportListCollapsed](https://h.askstella.com/hs-fs/hubfs/docs%20images/reportListCollapsed.jpg?width=670&height=419&name=reportListCollapsed.jpg) **Good to know** Stella remembers whether you left the list open or collapsed, in the browser you set it in — the choice doesn't follow you to another browser or device. On a narrow screen the list always starts collapsed, whatever you last chose, so the report gets the width. ### Starting a new report **+ New report** opens a single box: describe what you want the report to do, in your own words. There are starter suggestions underneath if you'd rather begin from one of those. ![newReportModal](https://h.askstella.com/hs-fs/hubfs/docs%20images/newReportModal.jpg?width=670&height=419&name=newReportModal.jpg) Submitting creates a draft you can keep chatting with — nothing is final at this stage. ### The report page Opening a report gives you the whole report as a page. Along the top you'll find: ![reportHeader](https://h.askstella.com/hs-fs/hubfs/docs%20images/reportHeader.jpg?width=670&height=56&name=reportHeader.jpg) - **The report name**, with a pencil for renaming it - **The status**, as a colored label - **The version picker** — the date button, which lists every version of this report - **Export** — for opening the report in Google Sheets or downloading it - **Ask about this report** — opens the chat drawer Below that are the **Visual** and **Data** tabs, which are the two ways of looking at the same report. - [Reading the Visual and Data tabs](https://h.askstella.com/help/reading-your-report-visual-data-tabs?hsLang=en) - [Opening, downloading and sharing a report](https://h.askstella.com/help/share-export-reports?hsLang=en) - [Renaming a report](https://h.askstella.com/help/change-name-account?hsLang=en) ### The chat drawer **Ask about this report** opens a panel on the right. It shows the conversation for this report, and it's where you approve a report, ask for changes, or ask Stella a question about what you're looking at. ![chatDrawer](https://h.askstella.com/hs-fs/hubfs/docs%20images/chatDrawer.jpg?width=670&height=419&name=chatDrawer.jpg) You can always read the conversation. Whether you can *add* to it depends on the report's status: the box accepts messages while a report is a **Draft**, or is **Ready** and you're reviewing it. On Active, Working and Pending reports it's greyed out, and changes go through **Talk To a Human**. A banner at the top reminds you which report and which version you're discussing. You can drag the drawer's left edge to make it wider, and close it with the **×**. - [Making changes to a report](https://h.askstella.com/help/make-changes-to-a-report?hsLang=en) - [Reviewing your chat history](https://h.askstella.com/help/review-stella-chat-history?hsLang=en) ### Versions and actions Underneath the chat, the same right-hand panel lists every version of the report, newest first, with a **New** marker on anything you haven't opened yet. Each version has its own **Open** link and a button to pass its link on — labelled **Share** where your browser offers a share menu, and **Copy Link** where it doesn't. ![statePanel](https://h.askstella.com/hs-fs/hubfs/docs%20images/statePanel.jpg?width=670&height=419&name=statePanel.jpg) A version whose spreadsheet hasn't been made yet shows **Generating...** in place of those two controls. It's still readable on the report page, and still downloadable from **Export** — only the spreadsheet link is missing. At the bottom of that panel are **Talk To a Human** and **Archive**. A report still in **Draft** also offers **Connect Data To Stella**; one waiting on a data connection offers **Connect Now with a Human** instead. - [Archiving a report](https://h.askstella.com/help/archive-a-report?hsLang=en) - [Talking to a human](https://h.askstella.com/help/talk-to-a-human?hsLang=en)     **Good to know** **Book A Meeting** at the top right of every page and **Talk To a Human** in this panel are different buttons in different places. Either one reaches the Stella team. On a smaller screen Everything above is still there on a phone or tablet, just stacked differently. The Report List collapses to a strip, the chat drawer covers the report instead of sitting beside it, and a **⋮** button appears in the header for the version and action items. ![mobileReportPage](https://h.askstella.com/hs-fs/hubfs/docs%20images/mobileReportPage.jpg?width=390&height=844&name=mobileReportPage.jpg) When you open the chat on a small screen, it covers the report rather than sitting beside it. Close it with the **×** to get back to the report. ![mobileChatDrawer](https://h.askstella.com/hs-fs/hubfs/docs%20images/mobileChatDrawer.jpg?width=390&height=844&name=mobileChatDrawer.jpg) Wide tables scroll sideways within their own box, so you can swipe across the columns without losing the rest of the page. - [Onboarding](https://h.askstella.com/help/onboarding?hsLang=en) - [Reports](https://h.askstella.com/help/reports?hsLang=en) - [Integrations](https://h.askstella.com/help/integrations?hsLang=en#main-content) - [Data References](https://h.askstella.com/help/integrations?hsLang=en#data-references) [![Stella](https://h.askstella.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ask_stella_logo_white_bg.png?width=1413&height=690&name=ask_stella_logo_white_bg.png "Stella")](https://askstella.com/) Copyright © 2025, Ask Stella, LLC