# Getting started
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 To get started using Neptune Analytics, you need to create a graph using the AWS console, the AWS CLI, or CloudFormation. You can load data into a graph from another Neptune database, Neptune database cluster snapshot, or from files located in Amazon S3. 

**Topics**
+ [Create an empty Neptune graph](gettingStarted-creating-a-graph.md)
+ [Create a Neptune graph from existing sources](gettingStarted-existing-sources.md)
+ [Quick start using AWS CloudShell](gettingStarted-cloudshell.md)
+ [Connecting to a graph](gettingStarted-connecting.md)