# Ranges Overview OpenComp's Ranges feature details where employees sit wtihin their salary range, which is an output of an organization's Pay Strategy. In order to use Ranges, you must first [Create a Pay Strategy](/opencomp-knowledge-base/product-guides/scenario-settings/create-a-pay-strategy.md). 1\. To view where employees sit relative to the Pay Strategy that you created, click Ranges. 2\. The main Ranges page provides a high-level overview of where employees sit relative to ranges. From this page, OpenComp customers can drill into department or quartiles views as well as set filters by department, levels, employee type, geos and range groups. 3\. For example, clicking into the bar graph that represents the employees below their respective ranges will filter the results to those employees. 4\. Clicking on an employee record displays the details for that employee and shows where that individual sits relative to their range. 5\. OpenComp provides a very useful view that shows where employees within a department, job type and level sit on the pay range. To access the the view, click into a department. 6\. Click 'View ranges' for each displayed Job. 7\. The resulting view is one that displays where employees sit on the salary ranage at each Job Type and Level combination. OpenComp displays the Cost to Minimum if there are employees below the range for a given Job Range as well as the average range position of the employees in the Job Range. 8\. Expanding a Job Range reveals the individual employees within that Range Group. 9\. Clicking on an individual employee reveals where that employee sits in the Job's Range. The thicker vertical line represents where the employee sits on the range group. 10\. Quickly navigate to different Job Based Range Groups and Geo Tiers 11\. Quickly navigate to different Job Based Range Groups and Geo Tiers. 12\. OpenComp customers can also download there ranges as well as a range-based employee census and keep them past their subscription period. To download, click the download arrow icon and select Employees or Ranges 13\. Below is an example of the Range export file. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://success.opencomp.com/opencomp-knowledge-base/product-guides/ranges-overview.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.