<h2>Guided setup</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="concept" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Guided setup" /><meta name="abstract" content="Use guided setup to step through the initial configuration of any product or application that provides a Guided Setup module. Guided setup assists you with planning the roll-out of the product and performing the basic configuration to go live." /><meta name="description" content="Use guided setup to step through the initial configuration of any product or application that provides a Guided Setup module. 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Guided setup assists you with planning the roll-out of the product and performing the basic configuration to go live.</p> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The Guided setup player is supported by Playbooks.<p class="p">Guided setup organizes configuration activities into categories. Each category provides information, such as planning guidance, pre-setup steps, and links to useful help content. Categories also provide a set of links to the pages in your instance where you perform the configuration. The guided setup process keeps track of what you have completed, so you can stop and start again where you left off.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="guided-setup__section_f1q_hwm_zdb"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Guided setup home page</h2> <p class="p">The home page for guided setup contains an overview of configuration types for your guided setup. You can select your guided setup type button and the <span class="ph uicontrol">Continue</span> button to open the guided setup steps and begin configuration.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="guided-setup__section_j5c_kwm_zdb"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Guided setup categories page</h2> <p class="p"><img class="image" id="guided-setup__image_ydl_nd4_1tb" height="NaN" width="NaN" alt="guided setup categories page." /></p> <p class="p">The categories page contains an overview and descriptions of the categories and associated tasks. You can click either the drop down arrow to view information about the category or the <span class="ph uicontrol">Start</span> button to open the guided setup steps and begin configuration.</p> <div class="p"><dl class="dl"> <dt class="dt dlterm">1. Completion indicator</dt> <dd class="dd">The completion indicator shows all progress through guided setup steps at a glance. Each circle represents a category and its status. <ul class="ul" id="guided-setup__ul_zyy_lvn_zdb"><li class="li">Empty circle: The category is not started.</li><li class="li">Lock symbol: Feature is not activated. You can look at the setup tasks, but not perform them.</li><li class="li">Purple circle: Category is completed.</li></ul> </dd> <dt class="dt dlterm">2. Category task completion status</dt> <dd class="dd">For each category you can start or continue working on tasks, or edit the statuses of completed tasks.</dd> <dt class="dt dlterm">3. Category information</dt> <dd class="dd">The category name and description appear. The description often includes further planning information and links to additional content to help you with configuration.</dd> <dt class="dt dlterm">4. Tasks</dt> <dd class="dd">Lists the tasks and completion status for each activity. Click a task to go to the tasks for that category.<p class="p">Use the filter above the task list to display only complete or incomplete tasks, as desired.</p> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="guided-setup__section_lbk_v14_zdb"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Guided setup task page</h2> <p class="p"><img class="image" id="guided-setup__image_nfq_qd4_1tb" height="NaN" width="NaN" alt="guided setup task page." />'</p> <p class="p">To perform a task click on one of the tasks listed and check the <span class="ph uicontrol">Mark as complete</span> checkbox once completed.</p> <div class="p">Other actions you can take include:<ul class="ul" id="guided-setup__ul_ofq_dd4_zdb"><li class="li"><span class="ph uicontrol"><Category></span>: Click your category drop down to view a list of all categories.</li><li class="li"><span class="ph uicontrol">Add Notes</span>: Add notes when assigning task, such as stating how far you got before you had to exit. Notes can help another administrator who continues the work.</li><li class="li"><span class="ph uicontrol">Mark as Complete</span>: Click this button to mark a task as complete in your guided setup.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> It may be necessary to mark a task as complete to move on to the next task.</div> </li><li class="li"><span class="ph uicontrol">Embedded Help</span> Click <img class="image icon" id="guided-setup__image_rzv_5d4_1tb" height="NaN" width="NaN" alt="help icon." /> for more information about the task.</li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="section" id="guided-setup__section_jpr_r34_zdb"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Other guided setup features</h2> <dl class="dl"> <dt class="dt dlterm">Lock icon</dt> <dd class="dd">When it appears in front of an activity, task, or subtask, you cannot access the item. You may need to activate a plugin or complete a prerequisite task to unlock it.</dd> <dt class="dt dlterm">Action buttons</dt> <dd class="dd">After beginning guided setup tasks, <span class="ph uicontrol">Get Started</span> buttons are changed to <span class="ph uicontrol">Continue</span> buttons. Other action buttons change to prompt you to continue with or edit completed tasks.</dd> </dl> </div> </div> </body></html></div>