> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://learn.nextedy.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting Started

> Nextedy RISKSHEET is a grid-based analysis app for Siemens Polarion ALM that visualizes and edits Polarion work items as a structured, traceable matrix.

export const LastReviewed = ({date}) => {
  if (!date) return null;
  const formatted = new Date(`${date}T00:00:00Z`).toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
    year: "numeric",
    month: "long",
    day: "numeric",
    timeZone: "UTC"
  });
  return <p className="mt-10 text-sm text-gray-400 dark:text-zinc-500 not-prose">
      Last reviewed on {formatted}
    </p>;
};

## Learning Path

Follow these pages in order. Each step builds on the previous one.

<Columns cols={3}>
  <Card title="Install" icon="download" href="/risksheet/getting-started/installation">
    Deploy the Risksheet plugin to your Polarion server and verify the installation.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Evaluate" icon="file" href="/risksheet/getting-started/evaluation">
    Activate an evaluation license and pick a solution template that matches your industry.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Explore the Interface" icon="file" href="/risksheet/getting-started/understanding-interface">
    Learn the grid layout, top panel, toolbar, and review controls.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Configure" icon="file" href="/risksheet/getting-started/basic-configuration">
    Adapt a solution template to your process by modifying its sheet configuration.
  </Card>
</Columns>

<Tip title="Start from a solution template">
  Risksheet ships with solution templates covering common methodologies such as FMEA, HARA, TARA, STRIDE, and CVSS. Pick the closest template for your industry or methodology, understand its sheet configuration, then modify it to match your process. For evaluation, start with the functional safety template — it is the simplest. HARA and other advanced templates showcase features like catalogs, subsheets, and cross-project reuse.
</Tip>

<Note title="Risksheet is a generic traceability tool">
  Although Risksheet is most often used for risk analysis, the data model has two abstract slots — risk items and task items — that can be bound to **any** two Polarion work item types. The same engine supports requirements traceability matrices, V\&V matrices, and other compliance matrices, not just FMEA or HARA. All data lives in Polarion work items; Risksheet visualizes and edits it, but does not store data separately.
</Note>

## Where to Next

After completing the learning path:

* [**Concepts**](/risksheet/concepts/index) — understand the data model, levels, and configuration hierarchy.
* [**How-To Guides**](/risksheet/guides/index) — task-oriented recipes for column configuration, risk management, export, reviews, and administration.
* [**Reference**](/risksheet/reference/index) — full reference for columns, fields, formulas, styling, templates, and the configuration format.
* [**Troubleshooting**](/risksheet/troubleshooting/index) — resolve common issues.
* [**FAQ**](/risksheet/faq/index) — answers to frequently asked questions.

<LastReviewed date="2026-06-24" />