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Getting started
Set up your first Lightdash project and learn the fundamentals
Start with the Quickstart to get your dbt project Lightdash-ready, connect your warehouse, and invite your team. From there, pick the track that matches what you’re doing next.
If you’re analyzing data, Explore your data walks through querying Tables, building charts and dashboards, and sharing insights. If you’re building the semantic layer, Build your semantic layer covers adding Tables and creating metrics and dimensions.
To learn a feature by trying it, open Learn from the top bar. Its guided walkthroughs run on a sample project, so nothing you do touches your real projects.
Quickstart
Set up Lightdash with dbt or Lightdash YAML, from an empty project to your first insight
Agentic onboarding with Aurora
Sign up, connect a warehouse, and chat with Aurora before any dbt models exist
Explore your data
Query Tables, build charts and dashboards, and share insights with your team
Build your semantic layer
Install the CLI, add Tables, and define the metrics and dimensions your whole team explores
Migrating from another BI tool
Move reports, dashboards, and modeling logic out of an existing BI tool into Lightdash
The Lightdash Way
Giving everybody in your company the building blocks to answer their own questions
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