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title: Why does Ressio look different for me?
description: Ressio can look different across users and projects. Learn how role permissions, company settings, project state, and context affect what you see.
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# Why does Ressio look different for me?

## Understand why screens, buttons, and statuses can vary based on your role, company settings, project stage, and current context.

Sometimes two people looking at the same project will see different buttons, tabs, or statuses. In Ressio, that’s expected in many cases and usually comes down to four things:

1. Role permissions
2. Company settings
3. Project state
4. Current company/project context

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#### What changes what you see

1. **Role and permissions**
   
   Homeowners, contractor admins, and vendors have different access levels. If an action isn’t visible, your role may not include it.
2. **Company settings and enabled workflows**Each company can enable/disable features and workflow options. That can change labels, available actions, and what appears in side navigation.
3. **Project lifecycle state**What you can do in Draft, Sent, Approved, Rejected, or Paid stages is different. Some actions only appear in specific states.
4. **Current context**If you belong to multiple companies or projects, make sure you’re in the expected one. Context switching can make the app look very different.

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#### Common examples

**“I can’t see Approve / Reject.”**

- **❓Likely cause:** role permissions or current project state.
- **✅ Check:** your role + whether the selection is currently awaiting approval.

**“My payment statuses look different than my teammate’s.”**

- **❓Likely cause:** company payment workflow settings or timing/state.
- **✅ Check:** payment workflow config + current invoice/payment state.

**“The selection flow changed after rejection.”**

- **❓Likely cause:** state-dependent behavior after reject/revise/resend.
- **✅ Check:** current selection state and who owns the next action.

**"I don’t see tabs from onboarding docs.”**

- **❓Likely cause:** feature not enabled for your company/plan, or role-limited visibility.
- ✅ **Check:** company feature settings + your permissions.

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#### **60-second self-check**

1. Confirm your role in the account.
2. Confirm the active company and project.
3. Check whether key workflow settings are enabled.
4. Refresh the page and re-open the workflow you’re troubleshooting.
5. Compare against a teammate in the same role/context, if possible.

**Contact support if it still doesn’t match expected behavior and include:**

- Company name
- Your role
- Project link
- What you expected to see
- What you actually see
- A screenshot of the page
- Steps to reproduce

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