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Quickstart

Tutorial

This page takes you from a new account to a running data pipeline in about ten minutes: create an account, register a connection, build a two-node flow, run it, and schedule it.

When to use the Quickstart

Start here if you are new to DataLug. The walkthrough touches each part of the platform once. If you already have an account and a connection, go to Your first data pipeline.

What you build​

  1. Create your workspace
    Sign up at platform.datalug.io and confirm your email. A Free account is a 30-day trial.
  2. Register a connection
    Connections > + New Connection. Pick PostgreSQL, or any system you have credentials for, fill in the fields, and select Test Connection before you save.
  3. Build a two-node flow
    Projects > New Project > Empty. On the canvas, add a Source and a Load, then wire them. Pick the connection on each node and configure the action (table, columns, mode).
  4. Run and inspect
    Select Quick Debug Run (10 rows) on the canvas. The Runs tab in the right panel shows per-node row counts and payload samples.
  5. Schedule it
    Open Jobs and select Add Job. Pick the project, the data pipeline and the environment, choose a schedule mode (Daily, Hourly window, Weekly, Run once or Custom cron), and save. Runtime Executions shows each run once the schedule fires.

What you see along the way​

  • Connection wizard has two pages. Page 1 picks the system and the connection name. Page 2 shows the system-specific settings and Test Connection.
  • Canvas has a left sidebar with Components and Explorer tabs, the graph in the centre, and a right panel with Node Config, Runs and Properties tabs.
  • Quick Debug Run is capped at 10 rows, so you can iterate without pulling production volume.
  • Runtime Executions shows status, duration, per-node row counts, logs and a payload sample per node.

After the Quickstart​