The Palantir Foundry offers a rich set of analytics， data-management and transformation， data-visualization， modelling， no-code/low-code application development， and digital twin functions。 This book focuses on a small subset of self-service elements of the Foundry （mainly Contour， Reports， Fusion sheets and Recipes） to enable business data-analysts to move from document-centric work （typically in Spreadsheets） and towards data-centric work。 To avoid replication of Foundry documentation and to allow a focus on the creation of added value by the data-analyst， the sections covering basic familiarization with the Foundry have been kept deliberately short。