Launching Designer

After you have successfully installed Express, open the application and you will see the User Logon screen as pictured below.

1. You can skip the log on or proceed with your preferred log on method.

2. Astera offers two methods to create your account:

   • Sign Up with Microsoft – Useful for users who have an active Microsoft account. No separate sign-up is required, since your Microsoft account already exists and can be used directly for login.

   • Sign Up with Email – Suitable for any other email domains. In this case, you will have to Create an account to complete the account creation process. This step is necessary because Email Authentication requires registration in our Azure tenant. Once created, your email is added both to our database and to the Azure directory.

1. Select your preferred method and go through the MFA steps.

2. Once you have signed up, the designer will launch. You can now start preparing your data.

Logging in from the designer

1. To log in from the designer, click the profile dropdown and select Log in.

1. This will direct you to a login screen where you can provide your user credentials.

1. After you log in, you can click the Create New Chat button in the Dataprep AI Agent panel to begin chatting with the agent.