Spaces

What Is a Space

A space is niyase's unit of data management. One space = one business entity (corporation / sole proprietorship / personal use).

• Business space: For corporations and sole proprietors. You can invite members and use it as a team
• Personal space: Up to one per account. For personal use such as household budgeting and tax filing

Data is never mixed between spaces. You can keep business and personal use completely separate.

URL Structure

Cloud URLs are based on the spaceId (slug):

/[spaceId]/core/...      Core features (business, HR, attendance, payroll, accounting, closing, tax)
/[spaceId]/plugin/...    Plugins (industry-specific menus live here too)
/[spaceId]/settings      Space settings
/account                 Account settings (space-independent)

Example: cloud.niyase.com/acme/core/home

Creating a Space

1. Click the space icon at the top of the sidebar
2. Select "Add a space" at the bottom of the list
3. Follow the prompts to set up a business space or a personal space, then enter the space name and slug

The slug becomes part of the URL. You can change it later, but past slugs cannot be reused (they are blacklisted to prevent hijacking).

You can add a space the same way on desktop / mobile. See Getting Around for details on the screen layout.

Switching Spaces

Click the space icon at the top of the sidebar to see the list. Select the space you want to switch to (on mobile, tap the same spot to open the sheet).

The space you switch to picks up right where you left off — it restores the last screen you were viewing in that space, so you never get reset to the home screen just for switching. A space you're opening for the first time starts from the home screen. This behavior applies to cloud and desktop.

Configuring a Space

From Space settings (/[spaceId]/settings), you can change a range of space-level settings.

Tab	Contents
General	Space name, logo, URL (slug), appearance
Plugins	Manage installed plugins
Advanced	Customize the unified command palette
Security	Enforce MFA, IP restrictions
Data	Backup, data export, data retention settings (OWNER only)
Danger Zone	Transfer ownership (OWNER only)

Inviting members and managing their roles is handled on a separate page — see Members. Plan changes and space deletion are handled from Account.

The Concept of Cloud Sync

On desktop and mobile, you can turn cloud sync ON/OFF per space.

• Business space: Turn sync ON and share with your team
• Personal space: Keep sync OFF for fully local use (free)

Signing up = acquiring the right to use the cloud; sync itself is an explicit, per-space action. For details, see Sync and Consistency.

Deleting a Space

Delete a space from the "Spaces" tab in Account (OWNER only).

• Recovery is possible for 30 days after deletion (soft delete)
• Physical deletion after 30 days
• Billing is canceled at the end of the period (Stripe)
• Personal spaces can be deleted with the same flow