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Quickstart
Sign up, import a dataset, and build your first cross-tabulation. Five minutes, end to end. Everything beyond this is optional until you need it.
Sign up and open the app #
- Create an account at recense.ai. No credit card required for the 7-day trial.
- Recense runs entirely in your browser. Nothing to install.
Import a dataset #
- Drag an SPSS .sav or CSV file onto the drop zone.
- Your file is parsed right in your browser — survey data never touches Recense servers.
- SPSS files import immediately. CSVs show a review step where you confirm column types.
Explore the dataset #
- After import, the Dataset view shows your variables, question groups, and raw data.
- Check variable types, labels, and groupings. Fix anything that looks wrong here — it feeds everything downstream.
Build your first table #
- Switch to the Canvas view.
- Drag a variable to Rows and another to Columns in a new table.
- Your cross-tabulation appears instantly — all computation happens right in your browser.
- Use the toolbar pills to add measures (percentages, counts), apply weights, or enable significance testing.
Set up AI (optional) #
Open the Agent sidebar and choose a mode:
- BYOK: paste your own Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, or Fireworks API key.
- Built-in: use the hosted agent included with your plan.
- MCP: connect Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or ChatGPT desktop.
Save your work #
- Recense autosaves to the browser every 30 seconds.
- For portable saves, use the Project Manager to export a .recense file.
- Cloud save is available on Pro plans.
Next steps #
- Explore datasets — for deeper metadata inspection.
- Tables and analysis — for significance testing, formulas, and expressions.
- AI overview — for detailed agent setup.