Ascend Workspace
An Ascend Workspace is a "laptop in the cloud" for data engineers to develop Flows (data pipelines). Data engineers work in a Workspace to iterate on code in a Project and run Flows (data pipelines), validating and testing as they go along. Once satisfied, they can promote the Project code within a Deployment.
Workspace tour
Explore the key areas of your Workspace:
- Build panel
- Files panel
- Source control panel
- Workspace settings
- Build info panel
- Flow Graph
- Search bar
- Otto sparkles icon
Comparison with Deployments
You can think of a Workspace as a Deployment with key differences:
- Code in Deployments is read-only
- Deployments have Automations enabled
Otherwise, a Workspace and Deployment are very similar. You will configure them for a given Project on a given Git branch, enabling DataOps best practices with ease. Each developer will work in their own Workspace, merging changes into a Deployment (usually in the Development Environment), automatically deploying code changes.
Next steps
Ready to set up your own Workspace? Check out these practical how-to guides:
- 🏢 Set up a Workspace - Configure your development environment
- 👤 Configure your Profile - Set up your personal settings
- 🚀 Set up a Deployment - Configure production deployments