====== Getting Started ======

This tutorial will help you through the first steps using hEIDI. All the hEIDI features are not explained here. 


  * First of all you need to [[how_to:dbconnection|get a connection on the MSI db]] (Mass Spectrometer Identification database)\\
  * The next step is to [[how to:createProject|create an hEIDI project]]\\
  * Then you are ready to [[how_to:opensession|open a working session on the MSI db]]\\
  * At this stage, hEIDI opens two new tabs (windows)
    * the identifications tab contains all the identification results of the selected MSIdb 
    * the other tab contains all user and mascot [[.:userguide:contextdefinition|contexts]]. Context is a central notion in hEIDI. Basically, it contains identification results 
  * You can [[.:how_to:browsecontextprotgroups|browse the content]] of a context and view a [[how_to:viewprotgroups|protein group detail]]
  
To go further read other sections of the [[.:start:|documentation]]