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Most And, because many of the features of Gramps cannot be explored until the Tree is populated with People, Families, Events, Places, Sources, Media and other types of data; importing the example data creates a playground for exploring Gramps. Further, most of the examples, [[:Category:How_do_I...|"How do I..." tutorials]] and screen-capture [[Special:ListFiles|illustrations(aka figures)]] in this wiki are based on this example data freshly imported into a newly created (empty) tree. Such a tree can be considered to be 'expendable.' If you accidentally mangle the tree then simply [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Manage_Family_Trees#Deleting_a_Family_Tree|discard the Tree]], create a [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Manage_Family_Trees#Starting_a_new_Family_Tree|new Tree]] and [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Manage_Family_Trees#Importing_data|import]] the example family tree data again.
Note that feature are hidden until data is in the tree
[[File:Importfamilytree-dialogMac-51.png|thumb|right|400px|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Import Family Tree - macOS dialog example]]
Your installation of Gramps should include an some example family tree data. This data is used for working through tutorials and for safely exploring tools or features.
The example is also used provide a known, stable and predictable environment for testing. Many conditions cannot be recreated without tree data. Using this tree (as a common frame of reference) eliminates the extra complexity of [[How_to_create_a_good_bug_report#Creating_a_test_database|describing how to recreate the data]] before [[How_to_create_a_good_bug_report#Recording_the_steps_that_reproduce_the_bug|describing the issue]].
