# The Prepare Recipe[¶](https://knowledge.dataiku.com/latest/courses/advanced-data-prep/prepare-recipe/introduction.html#the-prepare-recipe "Permalink to this headline")

Although it is easy to use, the Prepare recipe is also packed with powerful functionality that may not be immediately obvious.

The following lessons build on the material already introduced in the Basics Courses.

The Prepare recipe is the focus of this section, but most of these materials also apply to the visual analysis of the Lab, which can be deployed to the Flow as a Prepare recipe.
