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# Getting Started

Want to dive in and start using TrialGrid straight away? This guide will get you started.

To follow along with this guide it is helpful to have the following:

> - A Global Library Draft downloaded from Rave Architect as an Architect Loader Spreadsheet (ALS)
> - A Study Draft downloaded from Rave Architect. Ideally this Draft was created from the Global Library Draft so that comparisons can be made between the two for compliance purposes.
> - A list of email addresses of users you wish to invite to work in TrialGrid on the Library or Study Drafts

It can also be useful to have any standards / best practice documentation available so that you can configure Diagnostics and their settings to match your standards / best practices.

**Starting out:**

- [Activating your account and logging in](activating_your_account_and_logging_in.html.md)
- [Your Home Page](your_home_page.html.md)
- [The Page Header](the_page_header.html.md)
- [Requesting Support](requesting_support.html.md)

**Setting up Standard Libraries:**

It is not required to use Standard Libraries with TrialGrid but Standard Library Projects are convenient ways to manage [Diagnostic Settings](../diagnostics.html.md#diagnostics) and make it quicker to build study Drafts by importing objects. Setting up a Standard Library Project is very similar to setting up a Study Project so reading through this section is recommended.

- [Setting up a new URL](setting_up_a_new_url.html.md)
- [Setting up System Roles](setting_up_system_roles.html.md)
- [Creating a Standard Library Project](creating_a_standard_library_project.html.md)
- [Uploading a Draft to a Standard Library Project](uploading_a_draft_to_a_standard_library_project.html.md)
- [Setting up Diagnostics](setting_up_diagnostics.html.md)
- [Running Diagnostics on the Standards Draft](running_diagnostics_on_the_standards_draft.html.md)
- [Viewing Diagnostic Results](viewing_diagnostic_results.html.md)

**Working with Study Drafts**

- [Creating a Study Project](creating_a_study_project.html.md)
- [Inviting Users to Work on a Project](inviting_users_to_project.html.md)
- [Creating a Study Draft and Linking to Standard Library](creating_study_draft.html.md)
- [Importing Forms from a Standard Library](importing_forms_from_standard_library.html.md)
- [Importing Edit Checks from a Standard Library](importing_edit_checks_from_standard_library.html.md)

**Automated Testing**

- [Initial Setup for Automated Testing](automated_testing_initial_setup.html.md)

  - [Medidata Rave URL Configuration](automated_testing_initial_setup.html.md#rave-url-configuration)
  - [Project Configuration](automated_testing_initial_setup.html.md#project-configuration)
- [Creating Test Cases from Checks](automated_testing_testcases_from_checks.html.md)
- [Running your first Test Set](automated_testing_running_first_testset.html.md)
