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title: Getting Started with Twinnoverse Admin
description: "This page gives you the quickest way to understand how the current Twinnoverse product works before you build your first TV dashboard. --- ## 1. Create Your Account 1. Open your **Twinnoverse Admin Portal** URL. 2. Click **Create account**. 3. Enter: - your…"
url: "https://twinnoverse.com/docs/getting-started-with-twinnoverse-admin/"
updated: "2026-06-18"
category: Dashboard Builder / Dashboard Builder Setup
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# Getting Started with Twinnoverse Admin

This page gives you the quickest way to understand how the current Twinnoverse product works before you build your first TV dashboard.

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## 1. Create Your Account

1. Open your **Twinnoverse Admin Portal** URL.
2. Click **Create account**.
3. Enter:
   - your work email
   - your password
4. Complete sign-up.
5. Sign in.

In the current product flow, the account sign-up screen uses **email and password** only.

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## 2. Complete Organization Setup

After sign-in, Twinnoverse checks whether your account already belongs to an organization.

If your account does not belong to one yet:

1. Twinnoverse opens the organization setup step.
2. Enter your organization name.
3. Create the organization.
4. Continue into the admin portal.

This is the current first-time onboarding path in the product.

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## 3. Understand the Main Product Areas

After onboarding, the main areas are:

- **Home** for the operational overview
- **Data Sources** for REST API, WebSocket, Ingest, and Manual data
- **Layouts** for dashboard design
- **Playlists** for screen playback order and duration
- **Campaigns** for scheduled and event-driven delivery
- **Devices** for claiming TVs and assigning playback
- **Manual KPI** for operator-entered runtime values

These areas work together:

- data sources provide the values
- layouts define the screen design
- playlists define normal playback
- devices show the result on real TVs
- campaigns and event triggers interrupt normal playback when needed

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## 4. Choose the Right Starting Path

Choose the path that matches your current situation:

### Live Data Already Exists

Use this if you already have a backend, API, or streaming source.

- use **REST API**, **WebSocket**, or **Ingest**
- then follow [How to Create a TV Dashboard and Deploy It Live](https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/d%3A/___WORK___/Unity/Git-Dbuilder-Supabase-Twinnoverse/Assets/documentation/user-knowledge-base/guides/14-create-and-deploy-live-dashboard.md)

### No API Yet

Use this if you want to go live without building backend integration first.

- use a **Manual** data source
- then follow [Build a Manual KPI Dashboard](https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/d%3A/___WORK___/Unity/Git-Dbuilder-Supabase-Twinnoverse/Assets/documentation/user-knowledge-base/guides/16-build-manual-kpi-dashboard.md)

### Planned Time-Based Interruption

Use this for scheduled content such as lunch notices, meetings, or recurring announcements.

- use **Scheduled Campaigns**
- then follow [Create a Scheduled Campaign](https://twinnoverse.com/docs/create-a-scheduled-campaign/)

### Incident or Event-Based Interruption

Use this when content should appear only when something happens.

- use **Event Triggers**
- then follow [Publish an Event-Driven Layout](https://twinnoverse.com/docs/publish-an-event-driven-dashboard-layout/)

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## 5. Recommended First Setup Order

For most teams, this is the best setup order:

1. create your account
2. create your organization
3. create your first data source
4. create your first layout
5. create your first playlist
6. install and open the [reader](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/j97v71poy7g7lde262efe/update.apk?rlkey=lgvjh7r1riltq2n7yjf5vwip8&st=sfbmdwiv&dl=1)on the TV
7. claim the device from the **Devices** page by entering the claim code shown on the TV
8. assign the playlist to the claimed device
9. verify playback on the screen

This order matches the real product flow better than trying to start with the TV first.

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## 6. Important Product Notes

- the layout editor is designed for a **16:9 landscape screen**
- a playlist is usually required for normal playback, even if you only have one layout
- the TV generates the **claim code**, and the admin user enters that claim code in the portal
- manual KPI and manual event publishing are different features
- event-driven and scheduled interruptions sit on top of the normal playlist baseline

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## 7. What to Do Next

If you are setting up a real screen, go here first:

- [Device Management ->](https://twinnoverse.com/docs/device-management-bind-claim-and-manage-your-tvs/)

If you want to understand the dashboard design workflow:

- [Building Dashboards with the Layout Editor ->](https://twinnoverse.com/docs/building-dashboards-with-the-layout-editor/)
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