> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.zerve.ai/guide/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.zerve.ai/guide/canvas-view/layers-overview.md).

# Layers Overview

Layers are used for arranging blocks as individual workflows. Each canvas can be set up to contain multiple workflows of same/different types for different parts of a data science problem.

Canvas offers four layer types: Development (Default layer), Deployment (API), Scheduled Jobs and AWS SageMaker Deployments.

<figure><img src="https://1018070783-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FIQKNeqjEeOp9UwUcB9R9%2Fuploads%2FJkKuOoGonz0lG6flNY62%2FScreenshot%202025-03-27%20at%203.26.49%E2%80%AFPM.png?alt=media&amp;token=abde6ca9-e194-460f-b692-06b8790158a3" alt=""><figcaption><p>Layers</p></figcaption></figure>