> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.drpn.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> The shortest complete path through Darpan.

This quickstart follows one complete path through Darpan — environment selection, setup confirmation, execution, and result review. It's the fastest way to understand how the pieces connect: you'll touch every major surface once. Most steps are navigation and confirmation; the part that matters is the run setup, which this path walks through in full.

If you need to run Darpan on a local computer for development, start with [Set up Darpan independently](/getting-started/set-up-darpan-independently) before this product quickstart.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the right environment">
    Start in the environment assigned for your team, customer, or test scenario.

    Hosted and local targets are listed in [Environments](/getting-started/environments).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Sign in">
    Open Darpan and sign in with the credentials provided for your company or test environment.

    If login fails, start with [login and session troubleshooting](/troubleshooting/login-and-session).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Use the Dashboard as the work queue">
    Darpan opens the **Dashboard** after login. Treat it as the work queue for saved reconciliation runs.

    * **Pinned Runs** shows the reconciliation runs you want quickest access to.
    * **Other Runs** shows saved runs available in the active company.
    * **Create Run** starts new run setup.

    The Dashboard works best when the run is already known. **Ask Darpan** is faster for jumping to setup, execution, or results.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open Ask Darpan">
    **Ask Darpan** is the search-first navigation surface.

    * Press `Cmd/Ctrl+K`.
    * Or click the floating **Ask Darpan** button.
    * Type the page, workflow, record, run, or output you want.
    * Use Up/Down to select a result and Enter to open it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm reusable setup">
    Create or confirm the records the run will reuse. Search for the official setup surface you need: **Open SFTP Servers**, **Open NetSuite Settings**, **Open Shopify Settings**, **Open HotWax Settings**, **Open Tenant Settings**, **Create Schema**, or **Open Schema Library**.

    * SFTP for file exchange
    * NetSuite, Shopify, and HotWax for source-system integration flows
    * AI provider settings through a Darpan admin (the DARPAN\_ADMIN group) when schema generation or assisted mapping is enabled
    * Schemas that describe source files or records
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create or update the run setup">
    Search for **Create Reconciliation Flow** when the reconciliation run is new. Search for **Open Runs Settings** when an existing saved run needs a name, source, schema, key, or rule change.

    Keep the run name stable and specific so it identifies the comparison in history and generated output.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run reconciliation">
    Search for **Run Reconciliation**. Start the run, provide the requested source files or connection-backed records, and wait for generated output.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review results">
    Search by run name or output file name, then open **Open Result: ...**. Review the differences and classify each one as source data, schema selection, rule behavior, or expected business variance.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What to read next

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  <Card title="Tenant Admin quickstart" icon="user-gear" href="/getting-started/tenant-admin-quickstart">
    Manage one tenant's settings, setup records, runs, and automation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set up automation" icon="clock" href="/guides/setup-automation">
    Schedule or manually trigger a saved reconciliation run.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Troubleshooting" icon="wrench" href="/troubleshooting/reconciliation-runs">
    Failed and unexpected run checks.
  </Card>
</Columns>