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title: Finding your way around the Broker Panel | Pairc Goodman
description: The menu, the top bar, the search box and the red counters explained.
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---Your role as a broker

# Finding your way around the Broker Panel

The menu, the top bar, the search box and the red counters explained.

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The Broker Panel has a menu on the left and a bar along the top. On a phone, press the menu button to open the menu.

## The menu

The menu is grouped by type of work:

- Overview: Dashboard, which shows what needs your attention now
- Daily Workflow: Members, Onboarding, Exchanges, Match Approvals and Messages
- Moderation: Content Queue, Feed Posts, Comments, Reviews and Reports
- Compliance & Oversight: Safeguarding, Safeguarding Options, Vetting confirmations, User Monitoring, Risk Tags and Insurance
- Records: Review Archive
- Settings: Configuration and Help

Some items only appear if your community uses that section. For example, **Exchanges** and **Match Approvals** only appear when your community uses the exchange workflow.

A red number next to a menu item shows how many things are waiting. The numbers update about once a minute.

## The top bar

- Back to Site takes you back to the member side of the site.
- Search opens a box where you type a page name, such as "vetting", and jump straight to it. You can also press Ctrl and K together (Cmd and K on a Mac).
- Help Center opens the Broker Panel's own guidance page.
- The bell opens your notifications.
- Your name opens a menu with My Profile and Sign Out.

To make the menu narrower, press **Collapse sidebar** at the top of the menu.

[Go to this page](/broker)

## More guides in this topic

[What is a broker or coordinator?](/help/brokers/broker_role/broker_what_is_a_broker) [What can a broker do, and what is only for admins?](/help/brokers/broker_role/broker_can_and_cannot) [How does someone become a broker?](/help/brokers/broker_role/broker_becoming_a_broker) [Using the Broker Dashboard](/help/brokers/broker_role/broker_dashboard) [Changing the Broker Panel settings](/help/brokers/broker_role/broker_configuration)

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