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Getting started

Welcome to Lightdash! We're going to try to get you developing, exploring or just browsing your data in no time.

We've put together a couple of tutorials to get people started with working in Lightdash. To decide which one's the right fit for you, just read the descriptions below:

๐Ÿ— Setting up a new projectโ€‹

If you:

โœ… are starting a new Lightdash project from scratch
โœ… have a Lightdash project connected, but it's empty/ you still need to set up your tables โœ… know how to use dbt

then this tutorial is for you! ๐Ÿ— Setting up a new project

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป Developing in Lightdashโ€‹

If you:

โœ… have an existing Lightdash project with some tables and dimensions โœ… know how to use dbt โœ… want to add or change some dimensions, metrics, or tables in your project โœ… want to add formatting or descriptions to existing metrics, dimensions or tables in your project

then this tutorial is for you! ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป Developing in Lightdash

๐Ÿ”ญ Learning to explore data in Lightdashโ€‹

If you:

โœ… want to explore data in Lightdash
โœ… want to learn how to build charts + dashboards in Lightdash
โŒ are not someone who uses dbt
โŒ aren't responsible for maintaining your metrics + dimension definitions

then this tutorial is for you! ๐Ÿ”ญ Learning to explore data in Lightdash