# User interface

The graphical user interface of Exivity is a purely client-side application, which means it runs inside your web browser. It communicates with the Exivity [REST-API](https://olddocs.exivity.io/advanced/integrate#rest-api) to obtain data records, report data and general configuration. This means all functionality available in the GUI can also be accessed programmatically.

Throughout this documentation, the graphical user interface will be referred to as the **Glass** Interface.

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The interface allows you to do the following:

* Develop [extractors](https://olddocs.exivity.io/data-pipelines/extract/configuration)
* Create [transformer](https://olddocs.exivity.io/data-pipelines/transform/transform-preview) (ETL) tasks
* Configure [report](https://olddocs.exivity.io/data-pipelines/reports) definitions
* Run graphical usage & costs reports
* Run textual usage & costs reports
* View a detailed breakdown of costs in an invoice-like format in the [Summary ](https://olddocs.exivity.io/reports/summary)report
* Schedule various tasks and execute them at a specific date by creating [workflows](https://olddocs.exivity.io/data-pipelines/workflows)
* Map missing data by creating [Lookups](https://olddocs.exivity.io/data-pipelines/lookups)
* Store information related to a specific account or service by adding [Metadata](https://olddocs.exivity.io/data-pipelines/metadata)
* Create [notifications ](https://olddocs.exivity.io/administration/notifications)for certain events, like for example the publishing of a report
* Access and manage your [Datasets](https://olddocs.exivity.io/data-pipelines/datasets)
* General [configuration](https://olddocs.exivity.io/administration/settings)
* Manage [users](https://olddocs.exivity.io/administration/user-management/users) & [roles](https://olddocs.exivity.io/administration/user-management/groups)
* [White labeling](https://olddocs.exivity.io/administration/settings/white-labeling)

More features are added on a regular basis.