📖 Ascend documentation

Welcome to the documentation for Ascend, the Agentic Data Engineering platform!

Product tour

Discover how to build pipelines, use agentic features, implement GitOps workflows, and maintain full observability within Ascend.

Before you begin

New to Ascend? Begin with our quickstart guide to build your first data pipeline.

Sections

🚀Getting started

Initial quickstart guides for new users to build their first data pipeline.

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💡How-to guides

Step-by-step instructions for common tasks and use cases with practical examples.

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💭Concepts

Explanations of key Ascend concepts and architecture to understand the platform.

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📚Reference

Detailed technical specifications for Ascend resources and platform capabilities.

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Quickstarts

👩🏻‍💻Free trial

Build your first data pipeline on the Ascend free trial plan.

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🔍BigQuery

Connect and transform data using Google BigQuery as your data warehouse.

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❄️Snowflake

Get started with Snowflake as your cloud data platform.

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🧱Databricks

Build data pipelines with Databricks for analytics and machine learning.

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🎓Curriculum

Master Ascend's data engineering platform through hands-on training.

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❓Why Ascend?

Learn how Ascend can provide value to your team.

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🔌Connections

Connect to popular data sources like BigQuery, Snowflake, S3, and PostgreSQL.

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Next steps

Choose your path:

• 💻 Free trial - Start your free trial of the Ascend platform today
• 🚀 Quickstarts - Build your first pipeline
• 🤖 Otto (AI Assistant) - Meet your AI data engineering companion

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