# Get Started

This guide will take you through everything you need to know to build your first fully functional query workflow in e6data!

Follow the 6 stages of this guide—and if you’re already familiar with e6data, choose the stage that feels the most relevant for you.

Go ahead and explore each stage below:   

1. [Sign up for e6data](/product-documentation/sign-up.md): Get signed up 
2. [Setup](/product-documentation/setup.md) : 
   * Select your preferred cloud provider setup guide (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
   * Choose your deployment strategy:
     * Deploy e6data directly within your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
     * Alternatively, connect to our serverless compute 
3. [Create Workspaces](/product-documentation/setup/gcp-setup/in-vpc-deployment-gcp/setup-using-terraform-in-gcp.md) : 
4. [Connect Catalogs (data sources)](/product-documentation/catalogs.md) 
5. [Create Clusters](/product-documentation/clusters.md)
6. [Run Queries in the e6data Query Editor](/product-documentation/query-editor.md)
7. [Grant permission from Access control](/product-documentation/access-control.md) 
8. [Connect other Querying Tools](/product-documentation/connectors-and-drivers.md)

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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.e6data.com/product-documentation/get-started.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.