Getting Started · Session 1
Logging In & First Look
Tempus 7 lives at app.tempus7.com. Log in and the Dashboard loads first — your day at a glance. Navigation is two pieces working together: a narrow labeled rail on the far left, and a wider panel beside it whose contents change with where you are.
The rail — your backbone
Top to bottom: the Tempus 7 logo (always returns to the Dashboard), then Dashboard, Inbox, and five buckets — Pipeline, Projects, Operations, Pay, and Company. A Tutorials link at the bottom opens this training site. Click a bucket and the panel beside the rail swaps to that bucket's tools.
- Pipeline — Customers & Contacts, Bids, Bid Board, Prospect Documents, Activity
- Projects — All Projects, Bids Won, Submittals, RFIs, Drawings, Change Orders, Punch List, Compliance, Project Documents
- Operations — Inbox, Calendar, Tasks, Meetings, Time Cards, Daily Communication Log, Contacts, Dispatch, Activity Log
- Pay — Won Bids, Change Orders (dollars), Cost Book, Expenses, Project Profitability
- Company — Company Settings, Users & Roles, Quality Inspections, Forms Library, Security Essentials, Photo Documentary, Magic-Link Access, Help & Onboarding
When you open a project
Inside a specific project, the panel becomes project-scoped: Overview, Schedule, Photos, Contracts, Insurance, Draw Requests, Transparency, and Directory, followed by every project list (Submittals, RFIs, Drawings, and so on) pre-filtered to that job.
Built-in guidance
Your dashboard shows a Set up your shop checklist — five guided run-throughs on your real data, including the 90-second orientation tour. The Getting started page (the question-mark icon in the top bar) collects every walkthrough plus data-import guides.
Try it yourself
- Log in and name the five buckets on the rail from memory.
- Click Operations, then pin Time Cards to your starred group.
- Open the Set up your shop checklist and start the 90-second orientation.
Key takeaways
- The rail holds Dashboard, Inbox, and five buckets: Pipeline, Projects, Operations, Pay, Company.
- The panel beside the rail swaps per bucket — and becomes project-scoped inside a project.
- Pin your most-used tools; they collect in a starred group at the top of the panel.
- The Set up your shop checklist walks you through five real tasks on your own data.
Practice this in the live demo
A fully loaded sample company — every module open, no sign-up, nothing you can break.
Open the live demo