Concepts

Ascend is a cloud-based, unified data engineering platform designed to streamline the development, deployment, and management of data pipelines through intuitive data flows and automations. By providing a comprehensive suite of tools and functionality, Ascend enables users to build scalable, reliable, secure, and efficient data flows.

To get started understanding the core concepts of Ascend, it is helpful to:

• understand the words that define the actions that inspire how you work in Ascend;
• explore the platform in a logical sequence, starting with the foundational building blocks you will use every day; and,
• proceed on to more advanced topics.

tip

We recommend that you go through the Quickstart before diving into the conceptual guide. This will provide practical context that will make it easier to understand the concepts discussed here.

Next Steps

To fully grasp the capabilities of Ascend, it is helpful to explore the following key areas:

• Key Terminology: Learn about the language and terms used in Ascend that align with everyday data engineering tasks.
• Foundational Concepts: Discover the core primitives and resources that form the building blocks of your data flows.
• Building & Running: Learn how to build and run your data flows.

• System Architecture: Understand the infrastructure and system architecture that supports your data flows.