💡 How-to guides
Ascend's how-to guides provide step-by-step instructions for specific tasks and features. Whether you're setting up your first Project or optimizing an existing pipeline, you'll find detailed guidance here.
Before you begin
New to Ascend? We recommend starting with our quickstart guides to build your first data pipeline.
Core pipeline building
🏗️ Setup
Set up your Environments, Projects, Workspaces, and essential configurations to get started with Ascend.
🔌 Connections
Connect securely to your data sources and destinations including databases, cloud storage, and APIs.
📥 Read (Extract)
Build Read Components to extract data from various sources like databases, files, and APIs.
⚙️ Transform
Process and transform your data using SQL, Python, PySpark, or Snowpark.
📤 Write (Load)
Build Write Components to load processed data into databases, data warehouses, and storage systems.
🎯 Task
Execute custom SQL or Python code for complex processing tasks and external integrations.
Advanced features
🔐 Vaults & secrets
Securely manage credentials and sensitive configuration data using Ascend's Vault system.
🚀 Deploy
Deploy your data pipelines across Development, Staging, and Production Environments.
🧪 Test
Implement data quality tests and validation using SQL, Python, and YAML configurations.
📱 Applications
Build and deploy custom Applications with Ascend's Application framework.
🤖 Otto (AI)
Configure and integrate Otto, Ascend's Data Engineering Agent, with Slack and other notification systems.
🔄 Automation
Automate your data pipelines with scheduling, orchestration, and workflow management.
Support & optimization
⚡ Best practices
Optimize your data engineering workflows with proven best practices for the Ascend platform.
🔍 Troubleshooting
Diagnose and resolve common problems with your Ascend deployment and data pipelines.
Sample Project
Otto's Expeditions is our sample Project that demonstrates Ascend's key capabilities. Choose your Git provider to complete setup:
🐙 GitHub
Set up Otto's Expeditions using GitHub as your Git repository provider.
🦊 GitLab
Configure Otto's Expeditions with GitLab for version control and collaboration.
🪣 Bitbucket
Deploy Otto's Expeditions using Bitbucket as your repository hosting solution.
Next steps
Choose your path:
- 💭 Concepts - Deep dive into Ascend's architecture and Components
- 📚 Reference - Detailed technical documentation
- 🚑 Get help - Connect with our support team
- 🎓 Ascend Certification Program - Build your Ascend skills and become a certified expert
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