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name: watsonxdata-start_console
title: Getting started with the web console
description: 'To start IBM® watsonx.data web console, complete the following steps:'
last-updated: 2026-02-23
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# Getting started with the web console
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If you are logging in to watsonx.data instance for the first time, you will be presented with a quick start wizard. For details about the wizard, see the [Quick start watsonx.data console](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/watsonxdata?topic=watsonxdata-quick_start_213&format=markdown){: external}.
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To start IBM® watsonx.data web console, complete the following steps:
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1. Log in to your IBM Cloud Account.
2. Go to **Resource list** **>** **Databases**.
3. Click your IBM® watsonx.data instance link. The service instance page opens.
4. Click **Open web console** to load the home page.



The home page provides information about the logged in user, the login timestamp, and region where the watsonx.data is created.

## Homepage tiles
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The Homepage displays tiles that provide quick access to key lakehouse management tasks:

**Architect your lakehouse**
: Define and associate infrastructure components to make your data queryable. Click **Infrastructure manager** to configure engines, catalogs, and storage for your lakehouse environment.

**Ingest data to your lakehouse**
: Securely load data from local, remote files and databases. Click **Data ingestion** to create ingestion jobs that move data into your lakehouse.

**Work with your data**
: Build and run queries against your data, monitor their progress, and save them for reuse. Click **Query workspace** to access the SQL query interface.

**Break down the data silos**
: Work with your data in data visualization tools or your IDE. Click **BI tools** to connect business intelligence applications or **VS Code** to integrate with your development environment.

These tiles are available across all watsonx.data deployment environments, including SaaS, AWS MCSP, and Lite instances.

## Additional information on the home page
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The home page also displays the following informational panels:

- **Welcome to IBM watsonx.data**: Browse recommended resources to get up to speed quickly, catch up on what's new, and discover what you can achieve through integrations with watsonx.data.
- **Infrastructure components**: View counts of engines/services, catalogs, storage, and data sources configured in your environment.
- **Recent tables**: Access recently used tables from the data manager.
- **Recent ingestion jobs**: Monitor the status of recent data ingestion operations.
- **Saved worksheets**: Access your saved SQL queries and worksheets.
- **Recent queries**: View your query history and execution status.

From the home page, you can go to the **Infrastructure manager** page where you can design your watsonx.data by provisioning engines, services, buckets, and databases. You can also go to the **Query workspace** to create SQL queries to query your data.

The home page also shows alerts about your infrastructure and active queries.