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Menu map: every menu item and where it is explained

Menu map: every menu item and where it is explained

The 9bx menu is one sidebar for every module: My space (pages for your kind of work plus every page you star, in your order, with Recent under it) and All modules, where each module opens in place. The grid button (or the M key) shows All of 9bx, every page on one screen. Each module's setup pages are in the gear row at the bottom of the module (for example CRM settings). This page lists every menu item, what its page is for, and the guide that explains it.

Contents: How the menu is arranged · Home · CRM · Contacts · PBX & Call Center · Chat & Messaging · HR · Assets & Inventory · Media · Reports · Settings · Old menu names

How the menu is arranged

  • You only see the apps and items your role and plan allow. A missing item is hidden, not broken.
  • You never switch module to find an item: every module you can use is in the same sidebar under All modules. Type in Find in menu to narrow the whole menu, hub cards included.
  • Each module has at most seven sections, and each section at most seven rows. Rarely used pages sit on a hub: one row (with an arrow) that opens a page of cards for several related pages, for example Attendance in HR. Click the row, then pick the card.
  • Every page that was in the menu before is still there, with the same web address, so bookmarks and links in emails keep working.
  • Setup pages are for administrators. Agents and employees never see them.
  • Each part of the path in the top bar (for example HR / Time & attendance / Leave) opens a list of its neighbours.
  • Press Ctrl+K to jump to any page by name, or G then two letters (jump keys). See Layout and navigation.

Home

Menu item What the page does Guide
Dashboard Your widgets, filtered by period, branch and scope Dashboard and widgets
My work → My schedule Your shifts and schedule requests Workforce
My work → My evaluations Quality evaluations of your calls Quality
My work → My progress Your points, badges and rank Gamification
My work → Notifications Alerts sent to you Notification preferences

CRM

Section Menu item What the page does Guide
Work Tasks Your follow-ups and reminders My tasks
Work Calendar Meetings and events (was Events) Events and calendar
Customers Clients Customer records and timeline. Always available, even when CRM is off: then the CRM app shows Clients only Clients
Customers Companies Businesses and everything linked to them Companies
Sales Leads Prospects, board and score Leads
Sales Deals Pipeline and forecast Deals
Sales Quotes Quotes sent to clients Quotes
Sales Sequences Follow-up cadences Sequences
Sales Sales targets, Sales commission Goals and commission per person or team Sales targets
Service Tickets The help desk Tickets
Service Incidents One outage, many tickets Incidents
Service Field visits Technicians at the customer Field visits
Service Payment links Ask a customer to pay by link Payment links

CRM settings (gear row)

Section Page What it does Guide
Sales setup General Basic CRM options CRM setup
Sales setup Pipelines & lost reasons Deal stages and why deals are lost Deals
Sales setup Lead scoring How leads earn points Lead scoring
Sales setup Products, Services, Call topics Lists used on quotes, records and calls Quotes, CRM setup
Sales setup Workflows When-if-then rules Workflows
Access & sharing Territories Regions that decide who owns a record Territories
Access & sharing Record sharing, Field permissions Who sees which records and fields Record sharing
Access & sharing Quote approval flows Which quotes need approval, and who approves Quotes
Access & sharing Privacy requests Export, erase and consent requests Privacy and GDPR
Service desk setup General, Teams, Statuses Ticket basics Ticket setup
Service desk setup Assignment routing Who gets tickets and chats Assignment routing
Service desk setup SLA policies Response and resolution targets SLA policies and reports
Service desk setup Ticket fields Your own ticket fields Ticket fields
Templates & forms Templates, Macros Ticket templates and one-click replies Ticket setup, Ticket macros
Templates & forms Web forms, Knowledge base Public forms and the customer ticket page Customer self-service
Templates & forms Calendar & booking Calendars and booking links Calendar and booking
Tasks & email Task categories, Task areas Lists used on tasks Ticket setup
Tasks & email Personal email sync (Gmail / Outlook) Connect your own mailbox Email sync

Contacts

Menu item What the page does Guide
All contacts The shared address book. Groups, duplicates and import are tabs on the page Contacts, Import, export and merge

PBX & Call Center

Phone system, call center and the agent performance tools (quality, scheduling, leaderboards and screen recordings) are one app.

Section Menu item What the page does Guide
(top) Overview Phone health and activity Phone dashboard
Calls Live calls Who is on a call now Live calls
Calls Call history Every call, recordings, wrap-up notes Call history
Calls Voicemail Messages left for you Voicemail
Calls Callbacks Missed callers to ring back Callbacks
Calls AI insights Transcripts, summaries, live assist Call insights
Call center Switchboard Operator console Switchboard
Call center Queues, Queue wallboard Waiting lines and the wall board Queues
Call center Outbound campaigns Outbound calling by list Dialer campaigns
Call center Do-not-call list, Call outcomes Numbers never to call, and result choices Dialer campaigns
Team performance Quality checks hub: Review queue, Evaluations, Scorecards, Score calibration, QA reports Score calls Quality
Team performance Scheduling hub: Live staffing, Schedules, Forecast, Time-off & swap requests, Scheduling reports Staffing and adherence Workforce
Team performance Leaderboards & contests hub: Leaderboard, Wallboard, Badges, Contests Points and motivation Gamification
Team performance Screen recordings Consent-based screen capture Screen recordings
Setup Extensions & devices hub: Extensions & call groups, Phone devices Lines, groups and desk phones Extensions and call groups, Phone devices
Setup Numbers & trunks hub: Inbound routes, Trunks, Outbound routes, WhatsApp calling Numbers, provider connection, outgoing rules Routes, Trunks and rate decks, WhatsApp calling
Setup Call routing hub: IVR menus, Call flows, Office hours, Audio library, AI receptionist Menus, hours, audio, virtual receptionist Call flows, IVR, hours, audio, AI receptionist
Advanced (folded) Call controls hub: Blocked numbers, Authorization codes, Number masking, Call tracking, Rate decks, Conference rooms, Paging & hot desk Blocking, PINs, private calls, source tracking, prices, rooms, paging Advanced features, Authorization codes, Number masking, Call tracking, Trunks and rate decks
Advanced (folded) Phones & import hub: Phone vendors, Phone firmware, Firmware rollouts, IP phone guide, Import from 3CX Zero-touch setup, firmware, phone guides, import Phone firmware and zero-touch, Phone devices, 3CX import

Agents see only Overview, Calls, Call center and Team performance. Setup and Advanced are for administrators.

PBX & Call Center settings (gear row)

Section Pages Guide
Calling Dialer settings, Feature codes & security, Phone server, AI call analysis Dialer campaigns, Advanced features, Phone server, AI settings
Team performance QA settings, WFM setup, Gamification setup, Recording policy Quality, Workforce, Gamification, Screen recordings

The web softphone and click-to-dial: Web softphone, Browser extension.

Chat & Messaging

Section Menu item What the page does Guide
Team chat Team chat Messages and calls with colleagues Team chat
Live chat Chat inbox Answer chats, email, web forms, missed calls Chat inbox
Live chat Live chat board Queues, agents, visitors now Live chat board
Live chat Chat analytics Chat volume and speed Chat analytics
Messages Message log Every SMS, WhatsApp, email, push Message log
Messages Broadcasts One message to many people Broadcasts
Messages Usage Monthly volume and delivery Usage

Chat settings (gear row)

Section Pages Guide
Live chat Chat settings, Channels, Widgets Chat settings, Channels, Widgets
Live chat Teams and agents, Chatbot, Message flows, Saved replies Teams and agents, Chatbot, Message flows, Knowledge base
Content Knowledge base, Quick templates, Events & templates Knowledge base, Events and templates
Team chat Team chat integrations, Team chat settings Team chat: settings and integrations
Providers & channels Providers, Sender IDs, Routing, WhatsApp, Telegram Providers, sender IDs, routing, Opt-outs, WhatsApp, Telegram
Messaging rules Automation, Opt-out & DNC, Settings Automation, Opt-outs, Messaging settings

HR

Section Menu items Guide
Me My HR hub (your own pages: work, money and documents, growth, company, help and wellbeing), My attendance, My leave, My timesheet, My expenses, My goals, Team dashboard Employee self-service, HR assistant, Chat app approvals
People Employees, Org chart & directory hub, Contractors, Positions, Probation & contracts hub, Documents hub (templates, letters, signatures, expiring documents, AI writing) Employees, Org chart, Contractors, Documents and letters, Signatures, AI writing help
Time & attendance Attendance hub (attendances, all employees, summary, overtime, corrections, work arrangements, import) Attendance
Time & attendance Leave hub (calendar, balances, short and late leaves, adjust, encashment) Leave
Time & attendance Shifts hub (roster board, all employee shifts, work schedules, rotations, overrides, open shifts, swaps, change requests, availability) Shifts, Shift change requests
Time & attendance Holidays hub, Timesheets hub, Approvals hub (approval inbox, requests, delegations) Holidays, Timesheets, Approvals
Pay & benefits Payroll hub: Run payroll (runs, consolidated, retro pay, accounting, year-end statements) and Employee pay (salary structures, bonuses, adjustments, loans, provident fund, tax declarations) Payroll runs, Corrections and accounting, Marking payments paid
Pay & benefits Expenses & travel hub (claims, travel and advances, card statements, expense checks), Benefits hub, Compensation hub Expenses, Travel and advances, AI documents and expense checks, Benefits, Salary bands and raise cycles
Hiring & lifecycle Hiring hub (job openings, candidates, requisitions, referrals, duplicates, recruiting analytics), Onboarding & offboarding hub (onboarding cases, check-ins, templates; exit cases, resignations, clearances, final settlements, terminations, exit interviews, exit checklists, alumni) Hiring, Pipeline and sourcing, Onboarding, Offboarding, Final settlement
Engagement Reviews & goals hub (team and all reviews, cycles, templates, analytics; goals, competencies, feedback, one-on-ones, check-ins, improvement plans), Talent Performance, Goals, feedback and development, Succession and 9-box
Engagement Culture hub (announcements, policies, acknowledgments; company feed, moderation, recognition, polls, events; surveys, results), Employee relations hub, Safety & wellbeing hub, Forms & requests hub Announcements and policies, Recognition, polls, events and feed, Engagement surveys, Employee relations and safety, Forms
Insights HR reports, HR dashboards HR reports, Report builder and dashboards

HR settings (gear row)

Section Pages Guide
General HRM setup, Employee IDs and probation, Custom fields, HR reminders, Automations, Setup checklist, Data import HRM setup, Automations, Employee sync
Organisation Teams, Locations, Employee relations settings HRM setup, Employee relations and safety
Attendance Attendance policies, Attendance sources, Access-control devices, Access-control punch logs, Geofences, Face verification, Face review Attendance, Access control, Face verification
Leave & shifts Leave types & policies, Approval workflow, Approval flows, Shift types, Shift rotations, Weekly off Leave, Approvals, Shifts
Payroll Salary templates, Tax, Pay calendars, Bonus guidelines, Company payment accounts, Compliance, Payroll settings Payroll setup, Compliance
Hiring Interview kits, Candidate message templates, Job description library, Job boards and providers, Hiring settings Hiring, AI screening
Expenses Travel rates, Expense setup Expenses
Privacy & apps Data subject requests, Consent records, Privacy settings, Developer API, Chat apps, Integrations, AI in HR Privacy, Integrations and API, AI in HR

Exchange rates for payroll moved to Settings → Reference data, next to Currencies. See Multi-currency payroll.

Country-specific pages (tax, provident fund, statutory files, letters) are in the country guides: Bangladesh, India, Singapore, Malaysia, United Kingdom, UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Assets & Inventory

Section Menu item What the page does Guide
(top) Overview, Asset reports Totals and asset reports Assets, Work orders, audits, reports
(top) My assets, My work orders What you hold, jobs assigned to you My assets, requests and problems
(top) Scan Scan a tag Tags, labels and scanning
Assets Assets Units and assignment Assets and assignments
Assets Asset requests, Asset problems Requests for items, reported problems My assets, requests and problems
Assets Bookings, Licenses Booking shared items, software seats Licenses, contracts, bookings and kits
Assets Maintenance schedules, Disposals Upkeep and retirement Maintenance, stock audits, disposals
Inventory Inventory, Products, Kits, Transfers, Low stock, Expiries Bulk stock Inventory, Products and setup, Alerts, Transfers
Inventory Audits hub: Stock audits, Scan audits Counts Maintenance, stock audits, disposals
Field & tracking Work orders, Customer equipment Jobs and devices at customers Work orders, scan audits, reports, equipment
Field & tracking Tracking hub: RFID, GPS, IT discovery Tag readers, trackers, computer discovery RFID, GPS trackers and IT discovery
Buying & costs Procurement, Vendors, Contracts, Depreciation Purchasing, suppliers and value Procurement, Vendors, Depreciation and costs
Buying & costs Cost reports hub: Cost views, Total cost What things cost over time Depreciation and costs

Asset settings (gear row): Asset setup (categories, brands, units), Locations and Device keys. See Products and setup and RFID, GPS trackers and IT discovery.

Media

Menu item What the page does Guide
Media Your files, folders and files shared with you Media

Reports

Menu item What the page does Guide
All reports Every report in one place Reports
Custom reports Build and save your own Reports, Report builder
Scheduled reports Reports emailed on a schedule Reports
Pinned: Call summary, Queue report, SLA report, Deal report Shortcuts to the most used reports Reports

Settings

Section Menu item What the page does Guide
Organization Organization, Branches, Legal entities, Organization defaults Company details, offices, legal entities, inherited defaults Organizations and branches
People & access Team members, Roles People, invitations, permissions Team members and roles
People & access Workspace admins Who administers the workspace Workspace admins
People & access Security, Single sign-on, Directory sync Two-factor policy, SSO, directory Security and single sign-on, Directory sync
People & access Audit log Activity records Developer API, privacy and audit
Plan & modules Plan & billing Plan and invoices Plan and billing
Plan & modules Modules (was Modules Setup) Turn modules on or off and choose their menu items Modules
Workspace AI, AI knowledge hub AI provider, keys, minutes, what the AI learns from AI settings, AI knowledge hub
Workspace Storage, Dashboards Recordings and files, who sees which home page Storage, Dashboards
Workspace Custom domain Your own address Custom domain
Reference data Reference data hub: Currencies, Exchange rates, Countries, States / divisions, Cities Lists used across the app Regional settings, currency and languages

AI call analysis moved to PBX & Call Center settings.

Old menu names

Older guide pages and screenshots may use names from before the menu was simplified. Search (Ctrl+K) still finds pages by their old names.

Old name Now
Module setup, Administration Each app's gear row (for example CRM settings), and the Settings app
Phone, Phone setup, Phone settings PBX & Call Center, its Setup and Advanced sections, and PBX & Call Center settings
Performance, Team performance PBX & Call Center → Team performance
Performance settings PBX & Call Center settings → Team performance
Call back Callbacks
Intraday Live staffing (in the Scheduling hub)
Calibration Score calibration
Modules Setup Settings → Modules
Performance (in HR) Reviews & goals
Exits Exit cases
Events (in CRM) Calendar
Files Media

For a short time you can switch back to the old menu: open your user menu and turn on Classic menu. The old menu will be removed in a later update.

(Screenshot to add: the sidebar with My space and All modules, and All of 9bx.)