# Five-Step Workflow

Throughout this flow, we will introduce you to our two collections: **Accern Collection and Custom Collection.**&#x20;

The **Accern Collection** comes out-of-the-box on the platform and can be used immediately. &#x20;

The **Custom Collection** is what you create, unique to your custom use case deployment. Here is our five-step workflow, with each step discussed more thoroughly in this guide.&#x20;

1. Start with ***"Select a Use Case”*** and pick from a pre-built use case or start your own from scratch.&#x20;
2. ***“Select Your Data”*** and choose from a variety of different data sources or upload your own custom data.
3. ***“Select Tag and Filter Data”*** to identify which entities and events you would like to be extracted from your chosen data sources.&#x20;
4. ***“Select Your Models”*** where you can pick from different sets of analytics that will be applied to your dataset.
5. ***"Select Your Delivery”*** where you can determine if you would like to deploy your use case live via API or would like a set of historical data.&#x20;

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Additionally, you can choose to connect your output with a variety of databases, visual integration tools, CRM systems or our predictive analytics engine, XYME.&#x20;
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