> For AI agents: the complete documentation index is available at https://www.jumpserver.com/docs/llms.txt, the full documentation bundle is available at https://www.jumpserver.com/docs/llms-full.txt.

# Workbench Overview

**Overview** is the default page of the Workbench. It collects the information a
user usually needs after signing in: the assets connected most recently, the
tickets waiting for approval, the current profile, and recent login activity. Use
it as a shortcut back into daily work instead of browsing the whole menu.

Normal users land on the Workbench after signing in. Administrators start in the
Console and can switch to the Workbench from the workspace switcher in the
top-left corner.

![Figure 1: The Workbench Overview page](/images/v5/jumpserver/workbench_overview.png)

## What the page contains

| Area                 | What it shows                                                                                      |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Recent sessions      | The last asset connections, newest first, with asset, account, remote address, and protocol        |
| Awaiting my approval | Tickets with you as a handler and a pending state, with title, user, type, ticket status, and date |
| Your profile         | Username, email address, and the date of the current session's login                               |
| Recent login         | The last sign-in records, with login city and login date                                           |
| Announcement         | A message published by an administrator in Feature Settings                                        |

The **Awaiting my approval** card is only shown when the Tickets feature is
licensed and the current account has ticket permissions. The **Announcement**
banner only appears after an administrator enables announcements.

## Open the Workbench


1

Sign in to JumpServer with your user account.

2

If the Console opens first, use the workspace switcher in the top-left corner
and select **Workbench**.

3

Select **Overview** in the left navigation. The Overview page opens.

## Connect from a recent session

The **Recent sessions** card lists up to five connections.


1

Find the asset in the **Asset** column. Each row is a previous connection to that
asset with a specific account.

2

Click the connect icon in the **Actions** column. The
[Web Terminal](https://www.jumpserver.com/docs/features/workbench/web-terminal/index.md) opens in a new window with the
asset and account already selected.

This is usually faster than searching in [Access Assets](https://www.jumpserver.com/docs/features/workbench/my-assets/access-assets.md)
when the target is already in the list. If you have no connection history, the
card shows **No data**.

## Review pending approvals

The **Awaiting my approval** card shows only tickets where you are the current
handler and the ticket is still pending. Click a **Title** to open the ticket
detail page, where you can read the request, review the approval steps, and
approve or reject it. See [Assigned](https://www.jumpserver.com/docs/features/workbench/tickets/awaiting-approval.md)
for the full list and batch actions.

If you are not named as a handler in the approval flow, this card stays empty
even when other tickets are pending.

## Card reference

| Field                                  | Description                                                                                                                    |
| -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Asset                                  | Asset name and address used by the session                                                                                     |
| Account                                | Account used for the connection                                                                                                |
| Remote address                         | Client address that started the session                                                                                        |
| Protocol                               | Protocol used, such as `ssh` or `rdp`                                                                                          |
| Ticket title, user, type, status, date | Summary of the pending approval                                                                                                |
| Login city                             | `City (IP address)` derived from the sign-in address; private addresses show as **Intranet**, unresolvable ones as **Unknown** |
| Login date                             | Time of the sign-in                                                                                                            |


Note

Announcements are managed under **System Settings > Feature Settings**. If the
Overview page shows no announcement, the setting is disabled or no announcement
has been published. See [Feature Settings](https://www.jumpserver.com/docs/features/system-settings/general/features.md).


Note

Only tickets in which you are the current handler appear on this page. Ticket
lists and approvals are also available on the
[Assigned](https://www.jumpserver.com/docs/features/workbench/tickets/awaiting-approval.md) page.