---
title: "Legacy R365 App Overview"
slug: "r365-app-overview"
description: "Legacy R365 app features: manager tools (AP, inventory, DSS, orders, logbook) and employee tools (schedule, shifts, time off, messaging)."
updated: 2025-10-09T23:06:56Z
published: 2025-10-09T23:06:56Z
canonical: "docs.restaurant365.com/r365-app-overview"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.restaurant365.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Legacy R365 App Overview

Select R365 features are available in both web and the R365 mobile app.

> Beginning Oct 2025, the R365 mobile app is getting a refreshed design across all screens. This article describes the legacy version of the R365 Mobile app.
> 
> Explore the new [R365 Mobile app experience](/doc/docs/r365-mobile-navigation) in the updated documentation.

Dependent on Permissions, users can do the following in the app:

- Read and post [announcements](/doc/docs/r365-red-app-announcements)
- View and manage [AP transactions](/doc/docs/r365-red-app-ap-transactions)
- Review [daily sales summary](/doc/docs/mobile-daily-sales-summary)
- Complete [purchase orders](/doc/docs/r365-app-creating-an-order)
- Take [inventory counts](/doc/docs/r365-red-app-inventory-counts-overview)
- Send [item transfers](/doc/docs/r365-app-item-transfers-overview-and-security)
- Complete [waste logs](/doc/docs/r365-red-app-waste-logs) or [donation logs](/doc/docs/r365-red-app-entering-donation-logs)
- Review and contribute to the [manager logbook](/doc/docs/r365-red-app-manager-log-overview)
- View [dashboards in R365 Intelligence](/doc/docs/r365-app-intelligence)
- View and manage [tasks](/doc/docs/mobile-tasks) and [forms](/doc/docs/complete-a-mobile-form)
- View and approve [schedule requests](/doc/docs/schedule-requests)
- Upload documents

**Employees** can:

- Change their [availability](/doc/docs/availability-requests)
- [Swap shifts](/doc/docs/r365-app-trading-shifts)
- [Offer and claim shifts](/doc/docs/r365-app-offering-and-claiming-shifts)
- View their shift [schedule](/doc/docs/r365-app-viewing-the-schedule-and-your-upcoming-shifts)
- Complete [onboarding](/doc/docs/r365-app-employee-onboarding)
- [Request time off](/doc/docs/r365-app-requesting-time-off)
- [Message](/doc/docs/r365-messaging) other employees

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## R365 App Home Screen

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-GC47CR9F.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-28T15%3A25%3A49Z&se=2026-10-28T16%3A25%3A49Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=%2BZYaknLY7P%2BY7Xqo2oD%2B9dI0R5ksspKGcWTy8B0yyMo%3D)

|  | Button/Field | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **1** | Menu | Opens the mobile app navigation menu. |
| **2** | Notifications | Opens the list of all notifications for the user. Read more about [notifications](/doc/docs/r365-red-app-notifications). |
| **3** | Messages | Opens the list of R365 messaging threads. When there are unopened messages, this will appear with a red notification bubble. Only users with R365 messaging enabled have access to this feature. Read more about [R365 messaging](/doc/docs/r365-messaging). |
| **4** | Location Selector | Shows the location that the user is currently viewing. All information shown in the widgets will be for the selected location. For users connected to multiple locations, tapping the location name will open the location selector, where users can select which location to view. |
| **5** | Dashboard | Displays all the widgets on the mobile dashboard. The widgets shown here will be dependent on the user settings as well as their permissions. Read more about the [mobile dashboard](/doc/docs/r365-red-app-mobile-dashboard). |

### R365 App Navigation Menu

|  |  | Button/Field | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-JGJR0IG6.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-10-28T15%3A25%3A49Z&se=2026-10-28T16%3A25%3A49Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=%2BZYaknLY7P%2BY7Xqo2oD%2B9dI0R5ksspKGcWTy8B0yyMo%3D) | **1** | Close | Closes the navigation menu. |
| **2** | Help Link | Opens the mobile knowledge base folder in the device browser. Here, users can get help with the R365 app. |
| **3** | Profile Icon | Opens the employee profile screen. |
| **4** | Name | Name of the user logged in to the app. |
| **5** | Menu Options | Lists the user’s menu options. Tapping an option will open the corresponding screen. Some options will expand to offer additional access. The options available here are dependent on user permissions. |
| **6** | Bluetooth Scanner | Enables the app’s Bluetooth connection settings. |
| **7** | Upload Files | Enables users to upload files like receipts, invoices, etc. |
| **8** | Logout | Logs out the users currently logged in. |