Navigating DICE

DICE is organized around a persistent left sidebar, a top bar with the context switcher and user menu, and a Home page that gathers what needs your attention.

Find a task

You want to…	Go to
Create a record for an item	New Thread in the sidebar — see Getting started
Find an item you are holding	Scan in the sidebar, in Identify mode
Find a record by name or field	Search under Threads
See what your team has been doing	Activity, or Recent Activity on Home
Deal with what is waiting on you	Needs your action on Home
Learn your scanning hardware	Learn → Tutorials in the sidebar
Read these guides, or reach support	User menu → Help
Accept an invitation to another organization	User menu → Invitations

Sidebar

The sidebar is grouped into sections. Sections appear only when they have entries you can use: some entries depend on the modules enabled for your organization, and some depend on your role in the active team.

Note

If an entry described below is missing from your sidebar, the module isn’t enabled for your organization or the entry is gated on a role you don’t hold (see the FAQ).

General

Entry	Where it goes	Availability
Home	The dashboard described below.	Always
Scan	The scanner, opened in identify mode — find threads by scanning their identifiers. See Identifiers and Scanning.	Always
Activity	The event log for your team. See Activity.	Always
New Thread	Thread creation. See Getting started.	Always
Labels	Label Collections, Reels, and the Labels on them. See Labels and Reels.	Only when the Labels module is enabled. Every member of the active team can browse Labels; management actions inside the pages have their own rules.

Threads

Entry	Where it goes	Availability
Search	Browse and search all threads (and files) in your team.	Always
Folders	The folder hierarchy. See Folders.	Always
Assemblies	Assembly explorer and package import. See Assemblies.	Only when the Assemblies module is enabled
Categories	Cross-cutting thread groupings. See Categories.	Only when the Categories module is enabled
Import Threads	Bulk-create threads from a CSV. See Import.	Always
Thread Templates	Manage reusable field templates. See Threads.	Always
Relationships	Named links between threads. See Relationships.	Always
Shipments	Transfer threads to other organizations. See Shipments.	Only when the Shipments module is enabled
Shared	Items shared with your team, and items you shared. See Sharing and Access.	Only when sharing is enabled
Updates	Pending updates disclosed by sources of your threads. See Disclosures.	Only when provenance features (Shipments or Slicing) are enabled
Certificate Forms	Design and generate certificates. See Certificates.	Only when the Certificates module is enabled
Vlinks	Reserve and manage permanent redirect links and their QR codes. See Vlinks.	Only for active-Team admins when the Vlinks module is enabled
Public Page Designs	Build the reusable designs that public product pages are published through, and run Publish Waves. See Public Pages.	Only when the Public Pages module is enabled

Team Admin

Entry	Where it goes	Availability
Connections	Pair your team with teams in other organizations. See Connections.	Only when connections are enabled, and only shown to admins of the active team

Learn

Entry	Where it goes	Availability
Tutorials	Interactive hardware guides — Meet Dragon, a 3D tour of the Dragon scanner, and Mount your Loupe, a step-by-step mounting guide. See Identifiers and scanning.	Always

Tip

Some labels adapt to your organization’s terminology — for example, an organization may call threads something else, in which case entries like New Thread and Thread Templates use that name.

Home page

Home is the dashboard. Its header shows a live count of your team’s threads; clicking the count opens the thread list.

• Needs your action — “Shipments, updates, and connections waiting on your team.” This queue collects inbound shipments to review, shipments where the recipient requested changes, failed deliveries (“retry or abandon”), your shipment drafts, pending updates from thread sources, and connections waiting on confirmation. Each item has a Review, Open, or Continue action. Shipment and connection items appear only for team admins, and each source appears only when its module is enabled; when everything is handled it says “You’re all caught up.”
• Pick up where you left off — “Your working folder and recent threads.” Shows your working folder (with Open folder) and the threads you updated most recently (with Open). If you have nothing yet, it offers a New Thread shortcut.
• Recent Activity — “Latest actions across your threads.”, with a View all button to the full Activity page and Newer / Older paging.

On mobile, Home splits into Overview and Activity tabs, and a quick-actions bar along the bottom of the app gives one-tap access to New, Search, Scan, Folders, and Menu.

Context switcher

The top bar always shows your active organization and team. Click it to see your Current Context and to use Switch Organization and Switch Team. A shield icon marks organizations and teams where you have the admin role. Switching is immediate and changes what every page shows. See Getting started.

The rest of the top bar holds:

• Location Services — an indicator showing Active, Blocked, Off, or Checking…. Open it to see the current state and, when the browser is refusing, to retry the permission. DICE attaches your location to scans and writes when it is active; see Why does DICE ask for my location?.
• Theme toggle — switches between light and dark mode.
• Your avatar — opens the user menu.

User menu

Click your avatar in the top bar to open the user menu. It starts with your name and the email address you are signed in as — worth checking when access isn’t what you expect.

Entry	What it does	Availability
Invitations	Opens Pending invitations — “Organization invitations addressed to your account.” — where you accept or decline them. The entry carries a count badge.	Only when you have a pending invitation
Account Management	Opens your account profile in the DUST account portal, where organization membership, Teams, invitations, and API keys live. It is a normal link in the same tab.	Always
Language	Switches the interface language. Currently English and 中文 (Simplified Chinese); the choice applies immediately and is remembered.	Always
Help → Documentation	Opens this documentation site in a new tab.	Always
Help → Release Notes	Opens the Release Notes page. A New badge appears when there is a release you haven’t seen.	Always
Help → Contact support	Starts an email to DUST Identity support.	Always
Help → Chat with support	Opens live chat. It needs the optional analytics cookies; if they’re off, DICE offers to enable them or to email instead.	Only when support chat is enabled for your organization
Sign out	Ends your DICE session and your DUST account sessions.	Always

Release Notes

DICE publishes customer-visible product updates on a public Release Notes page at /release-notes — no sign-in required. It is also linked from the footer of the landing page and from the user menu’s Help submenu. Each release lists what changed, for example new modules, workflow improvements, and language support. Routine maintenance releases may use a shorter summary when changes are limited to bug fixes and improvements.

Error pages and access

If you open a link to something your current context can’t see, DICE explains why — for example “You don’t have access to this resource. This may happen if you recently switched contexts. The resource may belong to a different context.” Switching back to the right organization and team usually resolves it.

Language

Use the language selector in the user menu to choose Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Português, 日本語, or 中文. The selector lists the displayed language names alphabetically. Your choice applies to DICE text, dates, and messages.

Help opens the documentation in your selected language for German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Japanese. In Docs, use the language selector to switch languages while keeping the same article.