📖 Ascend documentation

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

Our documentation is organized into four main sections:

• Getting started: First steps and quickstart guides for new users
• Concepts: Explanations of key Ascend concepts and architecture
• How-to guides: Step-by-step instructions for common tasks and use cases
• Reference: Detailed technical specifications for Ascend resources

Quickstarts

BigQuery

Build and deploy your first data pipeline in BigQuery

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Snowflake

Build and deploy your first data pipeline in Snowflake

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Databricks

Build and deploy your first data pipeline in Databricks

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How-to guides

Otto's Expeditions Setup

Learn how to set up Otto's Expeditions with different Git providers

• Otto's Expeditions Overview
• GitHub Setup
• GitLab Setup
• Bitbucket Setup

Explore Otto's Expeditions

Connections

Connect to data sources

• Google BigQuery
• Snowflake
• S3
• Google Cloud Storage
• PostgreSQL

Explore Connections

Transforms

Transform your data

• SQL Transform
• Incremental Python Transform
• Write to File System
• Write to Database

Explore Transforms

Concepts

Foundational Concepts

Learn about the core building blocks of Ascend

• Instance
• Project
• Repository
• Workspace
• Flow

Explore Fundamentals

AI & Automation

Leverage AI assistance and automation in your workflows

• Otto (AI Assistant)
• Automation
• DataOps

Explore AI & Automation

Components & Connections

Building blocks for your data pipelines

• Components Overview
• Read Components
• Transform Components
• Write Components
• Connections

Explore Components

Reference

Reference

Check out the detailed technical specifications for working with Ascend

Explore references