Ascend-tials

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Join Otto, legendary data pipeline GOAT, on a journey that's anything but baah-ring!

In just 25 minutes, you'll build your first data pipeline and learn about Ascend's place in the data engineering landscape.

Welcome to Ascend 101, affectionately known as the "Ascend-tials"!

This course will guide you through the fundamentals of building data pipelines in Ascend. You'll get hands-on experience with the platform and meet Otto, our AI-powered data engineering assistant.

📚 Prerequisites

• Background in data or analytics engineering
• Ascend Instance

🚀 Quickstart

⌛️ 10 minutes

Let's start with the fun part: Follow our quickstart to build your first data pipeline (aka Flow) in the Ascend platform. Nothing beats getting your hooves dirty!

💬 Talk to Otto

⌛️ 5 minutes

Set up Otto to experience the future of data engineering. Click the sparkles ✨ icon in the top right of your Ascend Instance to launch Otto's chat interface. Try the following prompts or come up with your own:

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• Summarize the last week of Git commits.
• Trace the lineage of the discount_cents column in the task_calculate_discount Component in the sales Flow.
• Help me build my first Flow.

🧠 Why Ascend?

⌛️ 10 minutes

Discover why customers choose Ascend in today's competitive data engineering landscape and how we help teams reach new heights.

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No kidding, you're doing great! Ready for the next level?

Continue your journey with Otto to explore Ascend's architecture and agentic features!

➡️ Next steps

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You've mastered the basics! Otto is excited to show you what comes next on your data engineering adventure.

Ready to continue your Ascend journey? Here's what Otto recommends:

• 📖 Ascend 201 - Dive deeper into architecture and agentic automation
• 🔌 Connections - Learn how to connect Ascend to your data sources and destinations
• 🔄 Transform - Master the art of data transformation in Ascend