# Step 1: Create a project
Step 1: Create a project

 To get started with the Clickstream Analytics on AWS guidance, you need to firstly create a project in the guidance console. A project is like a container for all the AWS resources provisioned for collecting and analyzing the clickstream data from your apps. 

## Prerequisites
Prerequisites

 Make sure you have deployed the Clickstream Analytics on AWS guidance. If you haven't, please refer to the [deployment guide](deployment.md). 

## Steps
Steps

 Following below steps to create a project. 

1.  Log into **Clickstream Analytics on AWS Management Console**. 

1.  On the **Home** page, choose **Create Project**. 

1.  In the window that pops up, enter a project name, for example, `quickstart`. 

1.  (Optional) Customize the project ID that was automatically created by guidance. To do so, click the `edit `icon and update the project ID as per your need. 

1.  Enter a description for your project, for example, `This is a demo project`. 

1.  Choose **Next**. 

1.  Enter an email address to receive notification regarding this project, for example, `email@example.com`, and choose **Next**. 

1.  Specify an environment type for this project. In this example, select `Dev`. 

1.  Choose **Create**. Wait until the project creation completed, and you will be directed to the **Projects** page. 

 We have completed all the steps of creating a project.