> ## 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

> Install Nextedy SCHEDULER on your Polarion server, get a board on screen, and schedule your first task.

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Three short tutorials take you from an empty Polarion server to a working, populated board.
Follow them in order the first time: the installation deploys the extension and can create a demo project for you, the second gets a board on screen, and the third has you plan real work on it.

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  <Card title="Installation" icon="download" href="/scheduler/getting-started/installation">
    Deploy the extension on your Polarion server, verify the Setup page, and create the demo project.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your First Board" icon="calendar-days" href="/scheduler/getting-started/first-board">
    Add the Scheduler widget to a Polarion page and learn to read the board it renders.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Schedule Your First Task" icon="hand-pointer" href="/scheduler/getting-started/schedule-your-first-task">
    Drag a work item out of the Unplanned sidebar, move it, and unplan it again.
  </Card>
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## What you need

* A running Polarion server, with administrator access to both the web interface and the server filesystem
* The Scheduler distribution archive, and optionally a production licence file — without one, Scheduler runs as a 30-day evaluation
* A project with work items that carry dates and effort, or the demo project that the Setup page can create for you

<Tip>
  If you are evaluating Scheduler, install the demo project template during [Installation](/scheduler/getting-started/installation) and create a project from it.
  It ships with sample work items and a page that already hosts a configured board, so you can go straight to [Schedule Your First Task](/scheduler/getting-started/schedule-your-first-task) without configuring anything.
</Tip>

## Where to go next

Once you have scheduled a task, pick the direction that matches what you need:

* To understand what you are looking at, read [Board and Timeline](/scheduler/concepts/board-and-timeline) and [Swimlanes and Resources](/scheduler/concepts/swimlanes-and-resources).
* To put a board in your own project rather than the demo, follow [Add the Scheduler Widget](/scheduler/guides/add-the-scheduler-widget).
* To look up a specific parameter or control, go to [Widget Parameters](/scheduler/reference/widget-parameters) or [Toolbar Controls](/scheduler/reference/toolbar-controls).

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