Explore a sample space

The sample space is a safe place to learn Formist with prepared records before entering live space data. Formist offers one or more example spaces, depending on your deployment, and keeps at most one owned sample per example, so picking the same example again reopens that sample instead of creating a duplicate.

Create the sample

1. Sign in and open the space chooser (or the + New space flow).
2. Select Explore a sample space to reveal the example list under Or start from an example, then choose one of the example cards. If your deployment offers no examples, the same button creates the built-in sample space in one click.
3. Wait while Formist prepares the space.
4. Formist opens the sample when provisioning is complete.

Formist keeps at most one owned sample per example you pick: choosing the same example again returns the existing sample instead of creating a duplicate. Which examples are offered depends on your deployment.

What the sample contains

Each example card in the chooser shows its title, description, included tables, and skill count before you pick it. Every example provisions prepared, fictional records so its views are not empty. The specific tables, skills, and record types vary by example.

Suggested things to try

1. Review the Dashboard for upcoming and attention-needed items.
2. Open the example's own tables (listed on its chooser card) and inspect a record.
3. If the example includes Tasks, compare the list and Gantt views.
4. Ask the AI assistant to summarize the sample space.

AI responses depend on the AI service being available in your Formist environment.

Delete or keep the sample

You can keep the sample while you learn. After you create a real space, Formist may ask whether you want to remove the demo sample. Choose Delete sample to remove it or Keep it to retain it.

Deleting the sample removes that space and its demo records. It does not delete your real spaces.