LabKey Server enables biomedical researchers to unlock their data currently trapped in scattered spreadsheet files. By importing their spreadsheet data into LabKey's repository, researchers can take advantage of LabKey's powerful tools for integrating and analyzing their data. Part 1 illustrates the problems associated with keeping data in spreadsheet files and describes the real-world scenario that is the basis of this 5-part series of videos. (Each video is about 4 minutes long.)