# getting started

- [Getting started with Phocas](/basics/getting-started/getting-started-with-phocas.md): Have you just started using Phocas? Read through the following pages to learn the basics before you get to work.
- [Get started as a Viewer](/basics/getting-started/getting-started-with-phocas/get-started-as-a-viewer.md): Just started out as a Viewer? You’re in the right place.
- [Navigation](/basics/getting-started/navigation.md): Learn about the user interface and how to find your way around.
- [Phocas homepage](/basics/getting-started/homepage.md): Learn about the key elements of your homepage and how to find your content items.
- [Data access](/basics/getting-started/data-access.md): Learn how database permissions and restrictions determine what you can see in Phocas.
- [User licenses, profiles and permissions](/basics/getting-started/user-permissions-and-licenses.md): Learn about the factors determining what you can do in Phocas.
- [Account settings](/basics/getting-started/account-settings.md): Learn about the personal settings you can change to customize your user account.
- [Databases](/basics/getting-started/databases.md): Learn about databases, the foundation upon which your Phocas site is built.
- [Dimensions](/basics/getting-started/dimensions.md): Learn about dimensions, a core concept in Phocas.
- [Periods](/basics/getting-started/periods.md): Learn about periods, a core concept in Phocas.
- [Offset dates](/basics/getting-started/periods/offset-dates.md): Make periods dynamic (automatically updating) using offset date.
- [Default period for a database](/basics/getting-started/periods/default-period-for-a-database.md): See data for a specific period every time you open a database.
- [Sharing and folders](/basics/getting-started/sharing-and-folders.md): Use the sharing and folders features for optimal team collaboration.
- [Share a dashboard, favorite, or alert](/basics/getting-started/sharing-and-folders/share-a-dashboard-favorite-or-alert.md): Share your content items with your team to collaborate on analysis points and insights.
- [Subscriptions](/basics/getting-started/subscriptions.md): Subscribe to favorites, dashboards and alerts to receive email notifications whenever they're updated.