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This section applies to getting started with 

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, an AWS-native platform for data wrangling. The following following product tiers are available:


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  1. Administrators should complete the first section to set up the product for use. 
  2. After set up is complete, individual users should complete the second section to get started using the product.

Setup Process

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  1. Before you begin. If you are using your own AWS S3 buckets, you should prepare them and their access policies to ensure that 

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    NOTE: If you do not have these AWS resources, they can be created for you. Details are below.

    1. Technical setup: Please share the technical setup section with your S3 administrator.
  2. Register. Complete the simple online workflow task to license and create your 
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  3. Workspace setup. Before you invite other users to your workspace, you should complete a few setup steps.
  4. Invite users. If you intend to share the workspace with other users, you can invite them from within it. 
  5. Wrangle away! 

Before You Begin

Hosted on Amazon Web Services, 

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When the product is first launched, a default storage environment is automatically created for you as part of this setup process.

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and is used for storing data assets as well as assets generated by use of the product.

Using S3 as default storage environment

If preferred, you can configure the use of S3 as the default storage environment.

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NOTE: When S3 is used as the default storage environment, you must provide the policies, buckets, and other AWS resources required to manage your datasets and generated results.

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must acquire configuration information before you can connect to your S3 assets. These requirements for these resources are covered later.

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Any of the following storage environment options can be configured after completing sign-up:registration. These environments can be configured through the 

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NOTE: If you are using your own AWS/S3 resources, you must acquire configuration information before you can connect to your S3 assets. These requirements for these resources are covered later.

Whitelist the IP address range of the 
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If you are enabling any relational source, including Redshift, you must whitelist the IP address range of the 
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NOTE: The database to which you are connecting must be available from the

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For Redshift:

For Redshift, there are two ways to whitelist the IP range depending on if you are using EC2-VPC or EC2-Classic (not common).

For details on this process with RDS in general, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Overview.RDSSecurityGroups.html

For more information, please contact 

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Register for 
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Tip: You can begin using

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pre-configured with a template of interest. Please visit the Templates page and select the template of interest. Then, click Sign up for Free Trial. For more information, see https://www.trifacta.com/templates.

To begin the registration process, please visit https://www.trifacta.com/start-wrangling.

Login

After you have completed registration, please login , you must verify your email address. After verification, log in to the application. The Home page is displayed.

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NOTE:You can now access online documentation through the application. From the left menu bar, select Help menu > Documentation.

S3 Configuration

For more information on changing the default storage environment or enabling S3 as a storage environment, see Configure Storage Environment.

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 If you selected S3 as your default storage layer, you must configure access before you can use the workspace. Please use the links below for more information.

Workspace Setup

Set Default Storage Layer

You can configure

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Set up AWS credentials

If you selected S3 as your default storage layer, you must provide your AWS credentials. For more information, see AWS Account Page.

Review Workspace Settings

As the first registered user, you are assigned the workspace admin role, which provides control over workspace-level settings. Before you invite users to the workspace, you should review and modify the basic configuration for the workspace.

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For more information, see  Workspace Settings Page.

Verify Operations

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NOTE: Workspace administrators should complete the following steps to verify that the product is operational end-to-end.

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Invite Users

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NOTE: First-time users of the product should access it by invitation only. Do not provide direct URLs to first-time users.

  1. You can invite other people to join your workspace. 
    1. When users initially join your workspace, they are assigned a non-admin role. Through the Workspace Users page, you can assign roles.
    2. Select User menu > Admin Console > Users. Then, click Invite Users.
    3. For more information, see Workspace Users Page.
  2. The workspace administrators must provide credentials for each workspace member account. See Workspace Users Page.

Example Flows

When a new workspace is created, the first user is provided a set of example flows. These flows are intended to teach by example and illustrate many recommended practices for building your own flows. For more information on example flows, see Workflow Basics.

Getting Started for Workspace Users

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Tip: After you have registered for a trial, you can immediately begin using the product. 

This section walks through the process of getting started as a new member of a

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contains additional steps that may be required to use all features of the product. 

Email verification

When you connect to the product, you may see a banner indicating that you have not confirmed your email address. 

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NOTE: You cannot invite other users to your workspace or receive email-based notifications from the product until you verify your email address.

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  1. In the 

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  3. Click the link. If you

Storage configuration

Individual users may be required to provide their own AWS authentication credentials. When they login for the first time, you may see a Missing Storage Settings error message

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. For more information, see AWS Account Page.

Verify operations

To verify that the workspace is operating correctly for your configuration, run a job. See "Verify Operations" above.

Additional resources

To access the full customer documentation, from the left nav bar, select 

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Resources menu > Documentation.

The following resources can assist workspace users in getting started with wrangling.

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