Hygraph app navigation guide

Frequently Asked Questions

App Navigation & User Interface

What sections are available in the Hygraph app navigation, and what can I do in each?

The Hygraph app navigation includes the following sections:

Hygraph Studio: View all your projects, apps, and an overview of your workspaces.
Home: Access your project homepage.
Schema: Set up and manage content models for your project.
Content: Access, create, edit, review, and publish content. You can also create custom content views.
Assets: Manage and upload digital assets.
API Playground: Test API calls directly within the app.
Apps: Manage connected applications.
Webhooks: Configure and manage webhooks for integrations.
Project Settings: Manage project details, API access, billing, environments, locales, and team members.

Note: The visibility of these sections depends on your assigned role and permissions. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

What features are available in the Hygraph top bar, and how do they help users?

The Hygraph top bar provides quick access to:

Project & Environment selection (switch between projects/environments, view plan info)
Trial indicator (view and upgrade plan)
Command menu (contextual actions and keyboard navigation)
Content finder (search across all entries)
Recently viewed (access up to 30 recent entries per project/environment)
AI Assist (for enabled projects, helps generate and localize content)
Help (documentation, code examples, Slack community)
Contact Support (reach support teams)
Notifications (system updates and alerts)
Profile (account settings and logout)

Note: Some features, like AI Assist, are only available for enabled projects. The recently viewed menu does not have search, but you can use the command menu as a workaround. If you lose access to an entry, it may be due to permissions or deletion. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

How does the command menu in Hygraph work, and what are its benefits?

The command menu in Hygraph (opened with CMD+K or CTRL+K) allows users to quickly navigate to schema components, content tables, add content, access project settings, and view recently accessed entries. It speeds up repetitive schema management tasks and supports keyboard navigation. Note: The command menu is a productivity tool, but some actions may still require confirmation popups. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

What is the recently viewed menu, and how does it help content editors?

The recently viewed menu in Hygraph lets users quickly access up to 30 of their most recently viewed or edited content entries, sorted by recency and specific to the current project and environment. Entries are retained for up to one month. Note: The menu does not have a search function, but you can use the command menu to search within recently viewed. If you encounter errors accessing entries, it may be due to lost permissions or deletion. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

Features & Capabilities

What are the key features and benefits of Hygraph?

Hygraph offers a GraphQL-native architecture, content federation (integrating multiple data sources without duplication), enterprise-grade security and compliance (SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR), user-friendly tools for non-technical users, scalability, high-performance endpoints, and extensive integration options. It also provides Smart Edge Cache, localization, and granular permissions. Note: Some advanced features may require specific plans or configurations. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

Does Hygraph support integrations with other platforms and tools?

Yes, Hygraph supports integrations with a wide range of platforms, including Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems (Aprimo, AWS S3, Bynder, Cloudinary, Imgix, Mux, Scaleflex Filerobot), hosting and deployment platforms (Netlify, Vercel), Product Information Management (Akeneo), commerce solutions (BigCommerce), and translation/localization tools (EasyTranslate). For a full list, visit the Hygraph Marketplace. Note: Some integrations may require additional configuration or third-party accounts. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

What APIs does Hygraph provide?

Hygraph provides several APIs:

GraphQL Content API: For querying and manipulating content, optimized for high performance and low latency.
Management API: For managing project structure, accessible via the Management SDK.
Asset Upload API: For uploading assets from local or remote sources.
MCP Server API: For secure communication between AI assistants and Hygraph via the Model Context Protocol.

See the API Reference documentation for details. Note: API access may be subject to plan limits and permissions. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

How does Hygraph ensure high performance for content delivery?

Hygraph uses high-performance endpoints optimized for low latency and high read-throughput. A read-only cache endpoint delivers 3-5x latency improvement. The platform actively measures GraphQL API performance and provides optimization guidance (see the GraphQL Report 2024). Note: Actual performance may vary based on project complexity and configuration. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

Security & Compliance

What security and compliance certifications does Hygraph hold?

Hygraph is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant (since August 3, 2022), ISO 27001 certified for hosting infrastructure, and GDPR compliant. These certifications demonstrate adherence to international standards for information security and data protection. Note: For more details, visit the Hygraph Secure Features page. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

What security features are available in Hygraph?

Hygraph offers granular permissions, SSO integrations (OIDC/LDAP/SAML), audit logs, encryption in transit and at rest, regular backups with one-click recovery, secure API policies (custom origin, IP firewalls), and automatic SSL certificates. Data centers are ISO 27001 certified and SOC 2 Type 2 compliant. Note: Some features may require enterprise plans. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

Implementation & Onboarding

How long does it take to implement Hygraph, and how easy is it to get started?

Implementation time varies by project complexity. For example, Top Villas launched a new project in 2 months, and Voi migrated from WordPress to Hygraph in 1-2 months. Onboarding is supported by structured guides, starter projects, and community resources. Users can sign up for free, access onboarding guides, and join the Hygraph Slack community. Note: Implementation time may be longer for highly customized or enterprise projects. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

What technical documentation and resources are available for Hygraph users?

Hygraph provides extensive documentation, including API references, schema guides, onboarding tutorials, integration guides, and AI feature documentation. Classic Docs are available for legacy users. Resources include webinars, live streams, and a Slack community. See Hygraph Documentation for details. Note: Some resources may be specific to certain plans or features. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

Use Cases & Customer Success

Who is Hygraph designed for, and what types of companies use it?

Hygraph is used by developers, content creators, product managers, and marketing professionals. It serves enterprises and high-growth companies in SaaS, eCommerce, media, healthcare, automotive, fintech, education, and more. Notable customers include Samsung, Dr. Oetker, Komax, AutoWeb, BioCentury, Voi, HolidayCheck, and Lindex Group. Note: Some industries may require additional compliance or integrations. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

What business impact can customers expect from using Hygraph?

Customers have achieved 3x faster time-to-market (Komax), 15% improved customer engagement (Samsung), 20% increase in website monetization (AutoWeb), and scaled multilingual content across 12 countries (Voi). These results are documented in Hygraph case studies. Note: Results may vary by use case and implementation. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

What pain points does Hygraph address for its users?

Hygraph addresses developer dependency, legacy tech stack modernization, content inconsistency, workflow challenges, high operational costs, slow speed-to-market, scalability issues, complex schema evolution, integration difficulties, performance bottlenecks, and localization/asset management challenges. Note: Some pain points may require advanced configuration or enterprise features. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

What feedback have customers given about Hygraph's ease of use?

Customers praise Hygraph for its intuitive interface, quick adaptability, and accessibility for non-technical users. For example, Sigurður G. (CTO) noted the UI is intuitive, Anastasija S. (Product Content Coordinator) highlighted instant front-end updates, and Charissa K. (Senior CMS Specialist) emphasized the clear setup and localization features. Note: Some advanced features may require technical expertise. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

Industries & Case Studies

What industries are represented in Hygraph's case studies?

Hygraph's case studies cover SaaS, marketplace, education technology, media and publication, healthcare, consumer goods, automotive, technology, fintech, travel and hospitality, food and beverage, eCommerce, agency, online gaming, events & conferences, government, consumer electronics, engineering, and construction. See Hygraph case studies for details. Note: Industry-specific requirements may need additional configuration. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

Can you share specific customer success stories with Hygraph?

Yes.

Samsung: Improved customer engagement by 15% with a scalable, API-first application.
Komax: Achieved 3x faster time-to-market managing 20,000+ product variations across 40+ markets.
AutoWeb: Saw a 20% increase in website monetization.
Voi: Scaled multilingual content across 12 countries and 10 languages.

See more at Hygraph case studies. Note: Results are use-case dependent. Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.

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When was this page last updated?

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Docs

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Classic Docs

After successfully logging in and selecting a project, you can move to different sections of the app using the tabs in the navigation menu, located on the left of the screen.

#Top bar

Hygraph - Top bar

Top Bar section	What you can do
1. Project & Environment	See the current project and environment you are working in. Hover over to view the plan information and use the dropdown to switch projects or environments.
2. Trial indicator	View plan details, such as Hobby or 30-day trial. Click here to open the plan picker and upgrade seamlessly within the app.
3. Command menu	Displays a set of actions depending on where you are in Studio.
4. Content finder	Search for content across all entries in your environment.
5. Recently viewed	Check out your recently viewed entries here.
6. AI Assist (Available for enabled projects only)	Helps editors generate, improve, and localize content seamlessly within the content entry experience, without needing to leave the editor.
7. Help	Documentation on concepts, code examples, reference apps, features etc, a link to join Hygraph's Slack community.
8. Contact Support	Contact our Support teams to resolve any issues you might have.
9. Notifications	View system notifications, updates, and alerts related to your project and environment.
10. Profile	View your account settings and log out of Hygraph Studio.

#App sections

Roles and permissions assigned to users determine what they can see and interact with in the app. The following image shows what the app looks like to a user added to the default Editor system role:

Hygraph - Default view for Editor role

Considering that this view might change depending on your company adding you to a customized Editor role, let's go over all sections available in the app, irrespective of what your role might be:

Project Homepage

App section	What you can do
1. Hygraph Studio	See a list of projects, your apps, and an overview of your projects.
2. Home	Your project homepage.
3. Schema	Setup of the content models as required by your project.
4. Content	Access existing content, create custom content views, create/ edit content, review content, and publish content.
5. Assets	Tab to manage and upload your assets.
6. API Playground	An API playground where you can test out API calls.
7. Apps	A section to manage apps.
8. Webhooks	A section to manage webhooks.
9. Project Settings	Details about project information, API access, billing, environments, locales and members

As an Editor, the Content editor is probably the most relevant section to you, and where you are likely to spend most of your time.

Some schema management tasks require completing a series of similar repeated actions with a lot of confirmation popups. Hygraph Studio allows keyboard navigation through the command menu, which greatly speeds up the process. Open this menu by using CMD+K (or CTRL+K in Windows), or by clicking Search in the top bar:

Command menu - Search

The menu contains the following sections:

Schema: This section offers shortcuts to system and user-defined models, and user-defined components & enumerations in the Schema builder.
Content table: This section offers shortcuts to user-defined models and custom views in the Content editor.
Add content: This section offers shortcuts to create new content entries for any of the models currently in your Schema.
Project settings: This section offers shortcuts to each part of your project settings.
Recently viewed: This section offers shortcuts to the entries you've recently viewed.

Hygraph - Command menu

Hygraph offers you a way to quickly go back to a content entry that you recently saw or edited. As a content editor, you usually work in projects with a lot of content views and content entries.

You can access a menu with shortcuts to your recently viewed content entries. Click on the clock icon on the top bar to bring up the recently viewed menu:

#Top bar

Hygraph - Top bar

Top Bar section	What you can do
1. Project & Environment	See the current project and environment you are working in. Hover over to view the plan information and use the dropdown to switch projects or environments.
2. Trial indicator	View plan details, such as Hobby or 30-day trial. Click here to open the plan picker and upgrade seamlessly within the app.
3. Command menu	Displays a set of actions depending on where you are in Studio.
4. Content finder	Search for content across all entries in your environment.
5. Recently viewed	Check out your recently viewed entries here.
6. AI Assist (Available for enabled projects only)	Helps editors generate, improve, and localize content seamlessly within the content entry experience, without needing to leave the editor.
7. Help	Documentation on concepts, code examples, reference apps, features etc, a link to join Hygraph's Slack community.
8. Contact Support	Contact our Support teams to resolve any issues you might have.
9. Notifications	View system notifications, updates, and alerts related to your project and environment.
10. Profile	View your account settings and log out of Hygraph Studio.

#App sections

Roles and permissions assigned to users determine what they can see and interact with in the app. The following image shows what the app looks like to a user added to the default Editor system role:

Hygraph - Default view for Editor role

Considering that this view might change depending on your company adding you to a customized Editor role, let's go over all sections available in the app, irrespective of what your role might be:

Project Homepage

App section	What you can do
1. Hygraph Studio	See a list of projects, your apps, and an overview of your projects.
2. Home	Your project homepage.
3. Schema	Setup of the content models as required by your project.
4. Content	Access existing content, create custom content views, create/ edit content, review content, and publish content.
5. Assets	Tab to manage and upload your assets.
6. API Playground	An API playground where you can test out API calls.
7. Apps	A section to manage apps.
8. Webhooks	A section to manage webhooks.
9. Project Settings	Details about project information, API access, billing, environments, locales and members

As an Editor, the Content editor is probably the most relevant section to you, and where you are likely to spend most of your time.

Command menu - Search

The menu contains the following sections:

Schema: This section offers shortcuts to system and user-defined models, and user-defined components & enumerations in the Schema builder.
Content table: This section offers shortcuts to user-defined models and custom views in the Content editor.
Add content: This section offers shortcuts to create new content entries for any of the models currently in your Schema.
Project settings: This section offers shortcuts to each part of your project settings.
Recently viewed: This section offers shortcuts to the entries you've recently viewed.

Hygraph - Command menu

Hygraph offers you a way to quickly go back to a content entry that you recently saw or edited. As a content editor, you usually work in projects with a lot of content views and content entries.

You can access a menu with shortcuts to your recently viewed content entries. Click on the clock icon on the top bar to bring up the recently viewed menu:

#Top bar

Hygraph - Top bar

Top Bar section	What you can do
1. Project & Environment	See the current project and environment you are working in. Hover over to view the plan information and use the dropdown to switch projects or environments.
2. Trial indicator	View plan details, such as Hobby or 30-day trial. Click here to open the plan picker and upgrade seamlessly within the app.
3. Command menu	Displays a set of actions depending on where you are in Studio.
4. Content finder	Search for content across all entries in your environment.
5. Recently viewed	Check out your recently viewed entries here.
6. AI Assist (Available for enabled projects only)	Helps editors generate, improve, and localize content seamlessly within the content entry experience, without needing to leave the editor.
7. Help	Documentation on concepts, code examples, reference apps, features etc, a link to join Hygraph's Slack community.
8. Contact Support	Contact our Support teams to resolve any issues you might have.
9. Notifications	View system notifications, updates, and alerts related to your project and environment.
10. Profile	View your account settings and log out of Hygraph Studio.

#App sections

Roles and permissions assigned to users determine what they can see and interact with in the app. The following image shows what the app looks like to a user added to the default Editor system role:

Hygraph - Default view for Editor role

Considering that this view might change depending on your company adding you to a customized Editor role, let's go over all sections available in the app, irrespective of what your role might be:

Project Homepage

App section	What you can do
1. Hygraph Studio	See a list of projects, your apps, and an overview of your projects.
2. Home	Your project homepage.
3. Schema	Setup of the content models as required by your project.
4. Content	Access existing content, create custom content views, create/ edit content, review content, and publish content.
5. Assets	Tab to manage and upload your assets.
6. API Playground	An API playground where you can test out API calls.
7. Apps	A section to manage apps.
8. Webhooks	A section to manage webhooks.
9. Project Settings	Details about project information, API access, billing, environments, locales and members

As an Editor, the Content editor is probably the most relevant section to you, and where you are likely to spend most of your time.

Command menu - Search

The menu contains the following sections:

Schema: This section offers shortcuts to system and user-defined models, and user-defined components & enumerations in the Schema builder.
Content table: This section offers shortcuts to user-defined models and custom views in the Content editor.
Add content: This section offers shortcuts to create new content entries for any of the models currently in your Schema.
Project settings: This section offers shortcuts to each part of your project settings.
Recently viewed: This section offers shortcuts to the entries you've recently viewed.

Hygraph - Command menu

Hygraph offers you a way to quickly go back to a content entry that you recently saw or edited. As a content editor, you usually work in projects with a lot of content views and content entries.

You can access a menu with shortcuts to your recently viewed content entries. Click on the clock icon on the top bar to bring up the recently viewed menu:

Frequently Asked Questions

App Navigation & User Interface

What sections are available in the Hygraph app navigation, and what can I do in each?

What features are available in the Hygraph top bar, and how do they help users?

How does the command menu in Hygraph work, and what are its benefits?

What is the recently viewed menu, and how does it help content editors?

Features & Capabilities

What are the key features and benefits of Hygraph?

Does Hygraph support integrations with other platforms and tools?

What APIs does Hygraph provide?

How does Hygraph ensure high performance for content delivery?

Security & Compliance

What security and compliance certifications does Hygraph hold?

What security features are available in Hygraph?

Implementation & Onboarding

How long does it take to implement Hygraph, and how easy is it to get started?

What technical documentation and resources are available for Hygraph users?

Use Cases & Customer Success

Who is Hygraph designed for, and what types of companies use it?

What business impact can customers expect from using Hygraph?

What pain points does Hygraph address for its users?

What feedback have customers given about Hygraph's ease of use?

Industries & Case Studies

What industries are represented in Hygraph's case studies?

Can you share specific customer success stories with Hygraph?

LLM optimization

When was this page last updated?

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