# Getting started

To use the SmartPM API you will likely need to chain multiple API calls together. 

The first API call that you will want to make is a call to [get active projects](#operation-getactiveprojects). Once you have received the active projects in your company, you will then want to either get a list of [all the scenarios](#operation-getscenarios) that exist for that project or use the defaultScenarioId (primary scenario) or originalScenarioId(All Schedules -> Full Schedule) and get the [scenario details](#operation-getscenario) for each scenario.