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Getting started with River

These videos use the "Getting started" model from the example models page.


Open models and find help

How to create River models, open existing models, customize the location of panels and find help.



Navigate the model map

Learn to move around with the model map, create, connect and delete components.



Understand the component icons

Understand the role of the 3 icons on each component: configuration, data and calculation status, data quality checks.


Using data in River

These videos use the "Getting started" model from the example models page.


Visualize model data

Learn how to view data that is used as River input, intermediary transformed data, or output.



Import data into River

Learn the different methods to get data into River: dynamically-linked from Excel Tables or from CSV files.

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Export data from River

Understand how to get data from River into Excel, and how to use it in further Excel with charts, PivotTables and formulas by creating a small P&L model.

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Building models


A simple model: the Berkshire Hathaway quarterly position changes

Learn the basic structure of a model in River, including data import, validation, data quality checks, combining multiple tables with the Lookup component, and presenting the output of a model.

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A complex model: the Vehicle Production Energy model

Understand in more detail the features that prevent errors in River models with this more sophisticated model: data quality checks, master data validation, and more advanced components: Breakdown and All Combinations

Coming soon!