# UI Walkthrough - Astera 8.0

Astera is designed to support the integration of complex and high-volume data. It is a powerful ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tool that provides connectivity to all leading databases, and flat and hierarchical file sources, and even supports legacy systems such as [COBOL](https://documentation.astera.com/astera-data-stack-v8/dataflows/sources/cobol-file-source). Moreover, [PDF Form Source](https://documentation.astera.com/astera-data-stack-v8/dataflows/sources/pdf-form-source), [Email Source](https://documentation.astera.com/astera-data-stack-v8/dataflows/sources/email-source), and [Report Source](https://documentation.astera.com/astera-data-stack-v8/dataflows/sources/report-source) enable users to extract data from a PDF file, Email, and Report Models in Astera.

It combines data profiling, data transformation, and data reporting in a single seamless user interface.

This document consists of a video that will walk you through the new and improved user interface of Astera and introduce you to its different features, components, and windowpanes.

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The video covers:

* Items, options, and shortcuts available on the menu bar
* How to access important windowpanes and panels in Astera – *Server Explorer, Project Explorer, Toolbox*, etc.
* How to work with different flow documents (dataflows, workflows, and subflows) with their embedded features
* Tools and tasks specific to each of the flow documents (transformations, workflow tasks, subflow input/output, etc.)
* Options related to data profiling and data quality checks
* How to schedule a job and monitor it’s progress
* Report Model and it’s functionality in Astera