> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.chartbeat.com/datastream/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.chartbeat.com/datastream/getting-started.md).

# Getting Started

- [What is Datastream?](https://docs.chartbeat.com/datastream/getting-started/what-is-datastream.md)
- [Use Cases](https://docs.chartbeat.com/datastream/getting-started/use-cases.md)
- [How it Works](https://docs.chartbeat.com/datastream/getting-started/how-it-works.md)
- [Metrics and Dimensions](https://docs.chartbeat.com/datastream/getting-started/metrics-and-dimensions.md)
- [Playbooks and Code Examples](https://docs.chartbeat.com/datastream/getting-started/playbooks.md)
- [Datastream with Redshift](https://docs.chartbeat.com/datastream/getting-started/playbooks/amazon-redshift.md): A guide to loading Datastream data from your S3 bucket into an Amazon Redshift cluster for querying.
- [Datastream with BigQuery](https://docs.chartbeat.com/datastream/getting-started/playbooks/bigquery.md): A guide to loading Datastream data from your Google Cloud Storage bucket into BigQuery.