# Getting Started

- [API Quickstart](/getting-started/api-quickstart.md): This guide shows how to authenticate, make your first API call, and retrieve structured real-world context from PredictHQ.
- [Core Concepts](/getting-started/core-concepts.md)
- [Event-Driven Demand](/getting-started/core-concepts/event-driven-demand.md): Using real-world events to improve forecasting and operational decisions introduces structural challenges around scope, relevance, usability, and trust.
- [What is Beam?](/getting-started/core-concepts/what-is-beam.md)
- [What is the Features API?](/getting-started/core-concepts/what-is-the-features-api.md)
- [Industry-Tuned Predictions](/getting-started/core-concepts/industry-tuned-predictions.md)
- [Glossary](/getting-started/glossary.md): Definitions of key terms used across PredictHQ’s platform and APIs. Use as a reference.
- [Data Science Notebooks](/getting-started/data-science-notebooks.md): Explore our Jupyter Notebooks to making getting started with PredictHQ data easier.
- [PredictHQ Data](/getting-started/predicthq-data.md)
- [Data Accuracy](/getting-started/predicthq-data/data-accuracy.md)
- [Event Categories](/getting-started/predicthq-data/event-categories.md)
- [Attendance-Based Events](/getting-started/predicthq-data/event-categories/attendance-based-events.md): Attended Events are gatherings with a start and end date/time, where people come together in one location for entertainment or business.
- [Non-Attendance-Based Events](/getting-started/predicthq-data/event-categories/non-attendance-based-events.md): Non-Attendance-Based Events are events with a start and end date, but are more fluid and distributed in impact, such as observances or school holidays.
- [Unscheduled Events](/getting-started/predicthq-data/event-categories/unscheduled-events.md): Live coverage of breaking events such as severe weather and terrorism. The API updates minute to minute to ensure accuracy.
- [Live TV Events](/getting-started/predicthq-data/event-categories/live-tv-events.md): Live TV Events covers live broadcast sports games with a large number of people watching at a particular time across different counties across the United States.
- [Labels](/getting-started/predicthq-data/labels.md): Event labels are succinct descriptive attributes attached to events that can help with granular data selection and feature engineering use cases.
- [Entities](/getting-started/predicthq-data/entities.md)
- [Ranks](/getting-started/predicthq-data/ranks.md)
- [PHQ Rank](/getting-started/predicthq-data/ranks/phq-rank.md)
- [Local Rank](/getting-started/predicthq-data/ranks/local-rank.md)
- [Predicted Attendance](/getting-started/predicthq-data/predicted-attendance.md): Predicted Attendance represents the number of people predicted to attend an event.
- [Predicted End Times](/getting-started/predicthq-data/predicted-end-times.md)
- [Predicted Event Spend](/getting-started/predicthq-data/predicted-event-spend.md)
- [Predicted Events](/getting-started/predicthq-data/predicted-events.md): Get insight into events as early as possible, to assess whether they would have an impact on your business.
- [Predicted Impact Patterns](/getting-started/predicthq-data/impact-patterns.md)
- [Guides](/getting-started/guides.md)
- [Geolocation Guides](/getting-started/guides/geolocation-guides.md)
- [Overview](/getting-started/guides/geolocation-guides/overview.md)
- [Searching by Location](/getting-started/guides/geolocation-guides/searching-by-location.md)
- [Find Events by Latitude/Longitude and Radius](/getting-started/guides/geolocation-guides/searching-by-location/find-events-by-latitude-longitude-and-radius.md)
- [Find Events by Place ID](/getting-started/guides/geolocation-guides/searching-by-location/find-events-by-place-id.md)
- [Find Events by IATA Code](/getting-started/guides/geolocation-guides/searching-by-location/find-events-by-iata-code.md)
- [Find Events by Country Code](/getting-started/guides/geolocation-guides/searching-by-location/find-events-by-country-code.md)
- [Find Events by Placekey](/getting-started/guides/geolocation-guides/searching-by-location/find-events-by-placekey.md)
- [Working with Location-Based Subscriptions](/getting-started/guides/geolocation-guides/searching-by-location/working-with-location-based-subscriptions.md)
- [Understanding Place Hierarchies](/getting-started/guides/geolocation-guides/understanding-place-hierarchies.md)
- [Working with Polygons](/getting-started/guides/geolocation-guides/working-with-polygons.md)
- [Join Events using Placekey](/getting-started/guides/geolocation-guides/join-events-using-placekey.md)
- [Date and Time Guides](/getting-started/guides/date-and-time-guides.md)
- [Working with Recurring Events](/getting-started/guides/date-and-time-guides/working-with-recurring-events.md)
- [Working with Multi-day and Umbrella Events](/getting-started/guides/date-and-time-guides/working-with-multi-day-and-umbrella-events.md)
- [Working with Dates, Times and Timezones](/getting-started/guides/date-and-time-guides/working-with-dates-times-and-timezones.md): Working with dates, times and timezones can be hard.This guide aims to clarify how to work with these with PredictHQ data.
- [Events API Guides](/getting-started/guides/events-api-guides.md)
- [Understanding Relevance Field in Event Results](/getting-started/guides/events-api-guides/understanding-relevance-field-in-event-results.md): Understand how some parameters in Events API affect the order of results and the relevance field.
- [Attendance-Based Events Notebooks](/getting-started/guides/events-api-guides/attendance-based-events-data-science-guides.md)
- [Non-Attendance-Based Events Notebooks](/getting-started/guides/events-api-guides/non-attendance-based-events-data-science-guides.md)
- [Severe Weather Events Notebooks](/getting-started/guides/events-api-guides/severe-weather-events-data-science-guides.md)
- [Academic Events Notebooks](/getting-started/guides/events-api-guides/academic-events-data-science-guides.md)
- [Working with Venues Notebook](/getting-started/guides/events-api-guides/working-with-venues.md)
- [Features API Guides](/getting-started/guides/features-api-guides.md)
- [Increase Accuracy with the Features API](/getting-started/guides/features-api-guides/increase-accuracy-with-the-features-api.md)
- [Get ML Features](/getting-started/guides/features-api-guides/feature-engineering-guide.md): The provided notebook demonstrates how you can get forecast-ready features for your locations at scale. To do this, we will use the Features API.
- [Demand Forecasting with Event Features](/getting-started/guides/features-api-guides/demand-forecasting-data-science-guides.md): The provided notebook demonstrates how you can incorporate forecast-ready event features into your demand forecasting model.
- [Forecasts API Guides](/getting-started/guides/forecasts-api-guides.md)
- [Getting Started with Forecasts API](/getting-started/guides/forecasts-api-guides/getting-started.md)
- [Understanding Forecast Accuracy Metrics](/getting-started/guides/forecasts-api-guides/understanding-forecast-accuracy-metrics.md)
- [Troubleshooting Guide for Forecasts API](/getting-started/guides/forecasts-api-guides/troubleshooting.md)
- [Live TV Event Guides](/getting-started/guides/live-tv-event-guides.md)
- [Find Broadcasts by County Place ID](/getting-started/guides/live-tv-event-guides/find-broadcasts-by-county-place-id.md)
- [Find Broadcasts by Latitude and Longitude](/getting-started/guides/live-tv-event-guides/find-broadcasts-by-latitude-and-longitude.md)
- [Find all Broadcasts for an Event](/getting-started/guides/live-tv-event-guides/find-all-broadcasts-for-an-event.md)
- [Find Broadcasts for Specific Sport Types](/getting-started/guides/live-tv-event-guides/find-broadcasts-for-specific-sport-types.md): Better understand predicted vs scheduled broadcasts as well as different sport types.
- [Aggregating Live TV Events](/getting-started/guides/live-tv-event-guides/aggregating-live-tv-events.md)
- [Live TV Events Notebooks](/getting-started/guides/live-tv-event-guides/live-tv-events-data-science-guides.md)
- [Beam Guides](/getting-started/guides/beam-guides.md)
- [ML Features by Location](/getting-started/guides/beam-guides/forecast-ready-features-at-scale.md): The provided notebook demonstrates how you can get relevant forecast-ready features for your locations, at scale. To do this, we will use the Beam API.
- [ML Features by Group](/getting-started/guides/beam-guides/ml-features-by-group.md): The provided notebook demonstrates how you can get an aggregated set of relevant forecast-ready features for several of your locations. To do this, we will use the Beam API's Analysis Groups.
- [Demand Surge API Guides](/getting-started/guides/demand-surge-api-guides.md)
- [Demand Surge Notebook](/getting-started/guides/demand-surge-api-guides/demand-surge-notebook.md)
- [How Industry Affects Results](/getting-started/guides/how-industry-affects-results.md)
- [Guide to Protecting PredictHQ Data](/getting-started/guides/guide-to-protecting-predicthq-data.md): It's important to protect PredictHQ data from unauthorized access and usage.
- [Streamlit Demo Apps](/getting-started/guides/streamlit-demo-apps.md)
- [Guide to Bulk Export Data via the WebApp](/getting-started/guides/export-data-via-control-center.md): Export data to CSV or JSON from the WebApp.
- [Recommended Event Categories and Local Rank Thresholds](/getting-started/guides/industry-specific-event-filters.md): Industry-level defaults for event relevancy when Beam can’t be used.
- [Tutorials](/getting-started/guides/tutorials.md)
- [Filtering and Finding Relevant Events](/getting-started/guides/tutorials/filtering-and-finding-relevant-events.md): Learn how to filter and find events relevant to your business using PredictHQ's Events API.
- [Improving Demand Forecasting Models with Event Features](/getting-started/guides/tutorials/improving-demand-forecasting-models-with-event-features.md): Learn how to integrate PredictHQ's event features into your demand forecasting model.
- [Using Event Data in Power BI](/getting-started/guides/tutorials/using-event-data-in-power-bi.md): Learn how to connect PredictHQ data to Power BI using multiple methods, and build an example report.
- [Using Event Data in Tableau](/getting-started/guides/tutorials/using-event-data-in-tableau.md): Learn how to connect PredictHQ data to Tableau and build an example dashboard.
- [Connecting to PredictHQ APIs with Microsoft Excel](/getting-started/guides/tutorials/connecting-to-predicthq-apis-with-microsoft-excel.md): Learn how to connect PredictHQ data to Microsoft Excel using APIs.
- [Loading Event Data into a Data Warehouse](/getting-started/guides/tutorials/loading-event-data-into-a-data-warehouse.md): Take PredictHQ API data and load it into a data warehouse, in this example, GCP BigQuery.
- [Displaying Events in a Heatmap Calendar](/getting-started/guides/tutorials/displaying-events-in-a-heatmap-calendar.md): Learn how to create a heatmap-styled calendar to display event attendance for a location.
- [Displaying Events on a Map](/getting-started/guides/tutorials/displaying-events-on-a-map.md): Learn how to display events on a map for a specific location.
- [Use Case Guides](/getting-started/use-case-guides.md)
- [Accommodation: The Proven Path to Value](/getting-started/use-case-guides/accommodation-the-proven-path-to-value.md)
- [Using PredictHQ with AI Assistants](/getting-started/use-case-guides/using-predicthq-with-ai-assistants.md)