# Get started with Emedgene

Welcome to Emedgene, where we unlock genomic insights for hereditary disease and streamline your tertiary analysis workflows.

So you've signed in and can't wait to get started? Here we will guide you through the platform architecture, case creation, and results review. You can dive a bit deeper by following the links and exploring manuals for the platform's applications:

* [Analyze](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/getting_around_the_platform)—Genomic analysis workbench, where you can accession, interpret, curate and report on your cases, while also efficiently managing the lab workflow
* [Curate](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-curate-manual/curate_overview)—A repository for all of your organizational curated knowledge

## Look around

The platform is operated from the [top navigation panel](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/getting_around_the_platform/top_navigation_panel).

By clicking on the corresponding buttons, you can enter:

* [Cases](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/getting_around_the_platform/cases_tab) tab
* [Add new case](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/launching-analysis/creating_a_single_case) page
* [Emedgene applications](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/getting_around_the_platform/emedgene_applications_menu) menu
* [Help](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/getting_around_the_platform/help) dropdown menu
* [Settings](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/settings) dropdown menu

## Create a case

To enter the [Add new case](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/launching-analysis/creating_a_single_case) flow, click on the namesake button on the [top navigation panel](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/getting_around_the_platform/top_navigation_panel). Here:

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Select file type
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Upload files
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Create a family tree
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Annotate each sample with clinical information
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Specify analysis details
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Launch the analysis!
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Your case status will be In progress. You'll be notified when results are ready and the case is in status Delivered.
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## Examine the analysis results

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Select a case to review on the [Cases](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/getting_around_the_platform/cases_tab) tab. You'll be directed to the [Individual case page](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/reviewing_a_case/individual_case_page) that:

* Showcases an AI-curated shortlist of variants suggested to be checked first, namely [Most Likely Candidates](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/reviewing_a_case/candidates-tab/most_likely_candidates_and_candidates) and [Candidates](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/reviewing_a_case/candidates-tab/most_likely_candidates_and_candidates)
* Provides numerous customizable [filters](https://github.com/illumina-swi/emedgene-docs/blob/prod/docs/emedgene_analyze_manual/reviewing_a_case/filters/presets_panel.md) to help you [explore the total list of genetic variants](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/reviewing_a_case/analysis-tools-tab/analysis_tools_tab) by yourself
* Documents all the case-related information like [Case status](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/reviewing_a_case/case_status), [sample quality metrics](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/reviewing_a_case/lab_tab), and [versions of all the resources](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/reviewing_a_case/versions_tab) used during case analysis
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Investigate the evidence on the [Variant page](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/variant_page/variant_page) and assign appropriate [tags](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/variant_page/variant_tagging_widget) to the variants of interest.
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When you're ready to [finalize the case](https://help.connected.illumina.com/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/case-completion-and-reporting/finalizing_a_case), indicate the end result of the analysis and variants to be reported in the Case interpretation widget.
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