# Get started with Rebates
To access Rebates, you need both the Rebates license and user permission. Click **Rebates** in the Phocas navigation menu to open the Rebates homepage. This is where you create and manage your projects.
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If the **Rebates** item in your Phocas menu is dimmed and the homepage does not open, you either don't have access to **Rebates** or your organization does not use the Rebates module. Contact your administrator.
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Note for administrators: You need to make the following changes for the applicable users:
* Assign the Rebates license. You can either do this for individual users on their [user account page](/administration/users/add-update-user/user-account-page.md) or multiple users using the [bulk update tool](/administration/users/add-update-user.md#update-users-in-bulk) or [License view](/administration/users.md#users-licenceview) on the Users page.
* Assign the applicable Rebates [user permissions](/administration/users/add-update-user/user-permissions.md#rebates-permissions).
* Ensure each user has access to the database(s) upon which the rebates projects and rules are based. See [Manage a user's database access and restrictions](/administration/users/manage-a-users-database-access-and-restrictions.md).
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The management and analysis of your rebates is a linear process that crosses three areas of Phocas, as outlined in the following diagram. When the underlying databases are set up in the Phocas platform, use the Rebates module to manage and calculate the rebates based on the data in those databases. You and other users can then analyze the output in the Phocas Analytics module. Any database restrictions applied in Phocas also apply to Rebates.
Read the following pages for detailed information on each step in the process:
* [Create a project](/rebates/projects.md)
* [Add rules](/rebates/rules.md)
* [Run a calculation, and view and post results](/rebates/calculations.md)
* [Add a seasonal calendar](/rebates/seasonal-calendars.md)
* [Analyze rebates data](/rebates/rebates-analysis.md)
* [Analyze rebates near miss data](/rebates/rebates-near-miss-analysis.md)
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