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title: Introduction
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The Factry Historian Knowledge Base is your central reference for everything related to **Factry Historian**. It is designed to help you understand, install, and get the most out of our open industrial data platform.

It is designed to help users, system integrators, and IT/OT specialists get the most out of our open industrial data platform.

Whether you are just evaluating Factry Historian for the first time, running a production deployment, or planning a migration from a legacy historian, this space provides the guidance, reference, and examples you need.

## What you will find here

The Knowledge Base is organized into six sections:

1. **Get Started**
   Hands-on guide to install [Factry Historian for evaluation purposes](docId\:MYrFSdThXLh5xQK06iK-m) using Docker Compose. Once it runs, walk through [collecting sensor data](docId\:h8djVKdCLnGw6xHL6nzTM).
2. [Concepts](docId\:rC9AFipK0JZ3Cs1UO7y5h)
   Explanations of the core building blocks of Factry Historian, including collectors, measurements, assets, events, calculations, sinks and forwarders.
3. [How-Tos](docId\:P7o9w1SkamQUEfEk2DPdm)
   Practical step-by-step instructions for common tasks such as configuring collectors, managing data retention, and integrating with other systems.
4. [Reference](docId:890p6qFS6TskTgIgnnV--)
   Technical details about configuration parameters, environment variables, and deployment options.
5. [APIs](docId\:AkZ0eLlOxa2H-Sv1tVCk1)
   Complete API documentation with request/response examples to help you query and integrate Historian data into your own applications or analytics pipelines.
6. [Changelog](docId\:iiS94NhmTCpodhMnW_b_1)
   Release notes that track new features, improvements, and fixes across Historian versions.

## How to use this Knowledge Base

- Use the **search box** at the top of the page to quickly find relevant articles.
- The search also includes an **AI assistant** that can answer your questions in natural language and suggest the right documentation.
- If you’re new to Factry Historian, start with the [Get Started](docId\:MYrFSdThXLh5xQK06iK-m) section to spin up a local test environment.
- If you already have a running setup, explore the [Concepts](docId\:rC9AFipK0JZ3Cs1UO7y5h) and [How-tos](docId\:P7o9w1SkamQUEfEk2DPdm) to dive deeper into configuration and best practices.