Quickstart guides

Quickly get up and running with your first data pipeline on Ascend. Choose your preferred Data Plane to begin building with sample data and step-by-step instructions.

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👩🏻‍💻Free trial

Get started with the Developer plan and explore your pre-configured Ascend Instance.

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🔍BigQuery

Get started with Google BigQuery as your Data Plane with sample data and transformations.

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❄️Snowflake

Get started with Snowflake as your Data Plane with native Python support.

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🧱Databricks

Get started with Databricks as your Data Plane and Unity Catalog to process data at scale with Apache Spark.

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Before you begin

• Ensure you have access to an Ascend Instance
• Have credentials for your chosen Data Plane (BigQuery, Databricks, or Snowflake)
• Basic familiarity with SQL and data concepts

Next steps

After completing a quickstart:

• 💭 Learn core concepts - Understand Ascend's architecture and Components
• 📁 Set up your Profile and Workspace
• ⚡ Apply best practices - Optimize your data engineering workflows
• 🎓 Get certified - Validate your skills with the Ascend Certification Program