# Introduction

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Illumina Connected Analytics
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Illumina® Connected Analytics is a cloud-based software platform intended to be used to manage, analyze, and interpret large volumes of multi-omics data in a secure, scalable, and flexible environment. The versatility of the system allows the platform to be used for a broad range of applications.

[Get Started](/get-started/gs-getstarted.md) gives an overview of how to access and configure ICA with [Network settings](/reference/r-networksettings.md) providing access prerequisites.

### New

To see **what is new** in the latest version, use the [software release notes](/reference/software-release-notes.md) and the [document revision history](/reference/r-documentrevisionhistory.md).

### Home

The home section provides an overview of the main ICA sections such as [projects](/home/h-projects.md) (the main work location), [bundles](/home/h-bundles.md) (asset packages), [logging](/home/h-eventlog.md), [metadata](/home/h-metadatamodels.md) (to capture additional information), [Docker](/home/h-dockerrepository.md) and [tool](/home/h-toolrepository.md) images (containerised applications) and how to configure (your own) [storage](/home/h-storage.md).

### Project

**Projects** are your primary work locations which contain your [data](/project/p-data.md) and [samples](/project/p-samples.md). Here you will create [**pipelines**](/project/p-flow/f-pipelines.md) and use them for [**analyses**](/project/p-flow.md). You configure who can access your project by means of the [teams](/project/p-team.md) settings. The results can be processed with the help of [Base](/project/p-base.md), [Bench](/project/p-bench.md) or [Cohorts](/project/p-cohorts.md). Projects can be considered as a binder for your work and information.

### Command-Line Interface

This section contains information on how to [download](/command-line-interface/cli-releasehistory.md), [install](/command-line-interface/cli-installation.md), [authenticate](/command-line-interface/cli-authentication.md), [configure](/command-line-interface/cli-configsettings.md) and [use](/command-line-interface/cli-indexcommands.md) the command line interface, as alternative for the ICA GUI.

### Sequencer Integration

Information and tutorials on [cloud analysis auto launch](/sequencer-integration/analysis_autolaunch.md).

### Tutorials

There is a set of step-by-step **Tutorials**

* [Nextflow](/tutorials/nextflow.md)
* [CWL CLI](/tutorials/cli-cwl.md)
* [Base](/tutorials/base_basics.md)
* [Bench](/project/p-bench.md)
* [API](/tutorials/api-introduction.md)
* [DRAGEN by CLI](/tutorials/launchpipecli.md)
* [Data Transfer](/tutorials/datatransfer.md)
* [Pipeline Chaining](/tutorials/pipeline_chaining_aws.md)
* [DRAGEN Analysis](/tutorials/end-to-end-1.md)

### Reference

In the **Reference** section, you can find more information on the [**API**](/reference/r-api.md), [**Pricing**](/reference/r-pricing.md), [**Security and Compliance**](/reference/r-securityandcompliance.md),

For an overview of the available subscription tiers and functionality, please refer to [this page](https://emea.illumina.com/products/by-type/informatics-products/connected-analytics.html) on the Illumina website.


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