> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.ushahidi.com/platform-user-manual/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.ushahidi.com/platform-user-manual/5.-modes-for-visualizing-and-managing-data-on-your-deployment.md).
# 5. Modes for visualizing and managing data on your deployment
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The Ushahidi platform provides you with ***modes (i.e. views)*** to not only **visualise** your data in different ways, but to also **manage it**.
We designed “modes” for the discrete and specific actions users need to take within the platform, in a bid to make the platform to be more intuitive and action-oriented for different user types on a deployment.
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***Guest/anonymous users or viewers*** of a deployment can access three modes as shown below:
* Map view
* Data view
* Activity view
Logged out version of the sidebar of an Ushahidi deployment.
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***Signed in users(with the necessary permissions)*** can access all four modes as shown below:
* Map view
* Data view
* Activity view
* Settings view
Logged in version of the sidebar of an Ushahidi deployment.
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Your Ushahidi deployment defaults to the map mode for anyone who visits your homepage(as illustrated above). To change your current mode, select any of the options provided to you from the menu on your left.
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