# CARTO Workspace overview

When you log in to your CARTO user account, you will be presented with your Workspace. The Workspace allows you to access all components of the CARTO platform via a single interface. It will allow you to manage connections to your data warehouse(s), explore your data, subscribe to Data Observatory datasets, develop spatial applications, and run visualizations and spatial analysis through our tools Builder and Workflows.

## **Homepage**

The first time that you access the Workspace, you will see a *Welcome* banner with links providing quick access to different actions to get you started with CARTO, like creating your first connection or your first map and workflow, or starting with your spatial analysis in an easy guided way from our editable pre-built demo maps and demo workflows.

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From the **“Connect your data warehouse”** banner, you can easily connect your data warehouse(s) to start using CARTO by clicking on *Create new connection* button. Check the quick guides to [connect data](https://docs.carto.com/getting-started/quickstart-guides/connecting-to-your-data) and [creating your first map](https://docs.carto.com/getting-started/quickstart-guides/creating-your-first-map) to get started.

After creating your connection, you can also **upload local files** right from the homepage by clicking on *Import your data* button. Check this [guide](https://docs.carto.com/carto-user-manual/data-explorer/importing-data) to start importing your data into your data warehouse.

From the **“What's new”** section, you will find announcements of new features, interesting articles, and the latest news related to CARTO from our blog. Stay tuned and don’t miss out on the latest news!

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## **Getting started**

In this section you have a checklist with five quick steps to guide you to the different content pieces to help you get started with CARTO. Once you have completed all the steps, it will be marked as completed and you can close the panel by clicking on *Close*. If you want to skip the steps, just click on *I´m ready, skip onboarding* to close the panel.

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## **Help sidebar**

The help sidebar is always available, including when you're creating Maps and Workflows. It contains:

* An **AI-powered search bar**, similar to the one you can use in this documentation. Ask anything about CARTO and get quick answers, pointing in the right direction and including a link to this documentation.
* Relevant links to our [What's new](https://docs.carto.com/whats-new) section, the [CARTO Academy](https://academy.carto.com), and the [CARTO Support ](https://docs.carto.com/faqs/support-packages)team.

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## **Recent maps**

View your latest content. This module displays the latest maps that you have been working on, so that you can quickly access and continue working on them.

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If you are the owner of the map, you will have access to the quick actions menu to manage your map by clicking on the three dot icon of the map card. There are 4 options available: Edit map properties, [Share](https://docs.carto.com/carto-user-manual/maps/sharing-and-collaboration), [Duplicating maps](https://docs.carto.com/maps/managing-maps#duplicating-maps) and [Delete](https://docs.carto.com/maps/managing-maps#deleting-maps).

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## **Recent workflows**

View your latest accessed workflows. This module displays the latest workflows that you have been working on, so that you can quickly access and continue working on them.

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## **Recent datasets**

View your latest datasets for easy access. This module displays the latest datasets that you have been working on, so that you can quickly access and continue working on them.

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## **Navigation Menu**

In the left panel, you can find the *Navigation Menu* with all the available options to access the CARTO components: Home, Maps, Data Explorer, Data Observatory, Connections, Settings, and Developers. In the bottom part of the menu, you have additional options to join the “CARTO Users” Slack channel, send us direct product feedback, or access the Documentation portal.

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