# Anatomy Of A Conduite Application

Conduite applications are Google Spreadsheets. They are organized in sheets, each one of them having a specific purpose. In order to make this easier for the users, sheets are grouped by color, corresponding to a specific purpose.

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*Sheets of the Project Dashboard application*

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-color-purpose-yellow" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 290.75px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><thead><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Color</td><td style="height: 29.7969px;">Purpose</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr style="height: 74.5781px;"><td style="height: 74.5781px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(241, 196, 15);">Yellow</span>

</td><td style="height: 74.5781px;">Sheets with configuration data specific to the application (contract data, workstreams, ...). Only for [CRM](https://help.conduite.app/books/user-manual/page/crm "🛍️ CRM"), [Budget Builder](https://help.conduite.app/books/user-manual/page/budget-builder "💵 Budget Builder") and [Project Dashboard](https://help.conduite.app/books/user-manual/page/project-dashboard "📊 Project Dashboard") applications. These sheets are mostly used when setting up the application.

</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="height: 46.5938px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(45, 194, 107); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Green</span>

</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">Sheets where users perform the actual data entry for the application. These are the most used sheets.</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="height: 46.5938px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(185, 106, 217); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Purple</span>

</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">Read only sheets that provide statistics, summarized data and tables. These sheets are used in conjunction to the green ones.</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="height: 46.5938px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(53, 152, 219); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Blue</span>

</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">Sheets with global configuration data (rates, roles, contract types, ...). These sheets are mostly used when setting up the application.</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="height: 46.5938px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(224, 62, 45); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Red</span>

</td><td style="height: 46.5938px;">System sheets. Read only. Hidden by default. **Must not be modified**.</td></tr></tbody></table>