> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.omics.ai/products/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.omics.ai/products/workbench/variant-interpreter/getting-started/opening-a-sample.md).

# Opening a sample

The Variant Interpreter is organized around **samples**. You reach a sample's variants through the Data Page, then open the analysis you want to review.

## The path to the interpreter

1. To open the **Variant Interpreter**, navigate to the **Data Page** from the left hand navigation.
2. Select the **instrument** whose samples you want to review. The Data Page then loads the sample list for that instrument. See [The Data Page](/products/workbench/variant-interpreter/getting-started/the-data-page.md).
3. Locate your sample, for example the proband, using the sample name, and select it to open its **sample details** page.
4. On the sample details page, find the workflow run you want to interpret. NOTE: Only a run that **succeeded** can be opened for review.
5. Click the succeeded run, then click **Review analysis** to open the sample in the Variant Interpreter where you will land on the [Summary tab](/products/workbench/variant-interpreter/getting-started/the-summary-tab.md).

{% hint style="info" %}
A sample can have more than one workflow run. Confirm you're opening the run you intend to interpret, the workflow and caller versions that produced it are recorded in the sample drawer and carry through to the report. See [Pipeline & caller versions](/products/workbench/variant-interpreter/pipeline-and-caller-versions.md).
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
If a sample shows no succeeded run, there is nothing to interpret yet, the upstream analysis either hasn't finished or failed. The Data Page shows each sample's workflow status so you can tell at a glance.
{% endhint %}


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