# Getting started with NoSQL Workbench
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To get started with NoSQL Workbench, on the Database Catalog page in NoSQL Workbench, choose Amazon Keyspaces, and then choose **Launch**. 

![\[Console screenshot that shows the NoSQL Workbench start page.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/keyspaces/latest/devguide/images/workbench/key_nosql_welcome.png)


This opens the NoSQL Workbench home page for Amazon Keyspaces where you have the following options to get started: 

1. Create a new data model.

1. Import an existing data model in JSON format.

1. Open a recently edited data model.

1. Open one of the available sample models.

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Each of the options opens the NoSQL Workbench data modeler. To continue creating a new data model, see [Create a new data model with NoSQL Workbench](workbench.datamodel.new.md). To edit an existing data model, see [Edit existing data models with NoSQL Workbench](workbench.datamodel.edit.md).