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All you need to get started and work with Sift.

What is Sift?: Sift is a unified observability platform built for teams developing and operating complex hardware systems. Learn more.
Sift's data model: Sift's data model provides a structured framework for organizing, evaluating, analyzing, and transforming time-series telemetry data. Learn more.

Start with this tutorial to get started with Sift through a hands-on workflow using real telemetry data.

Get started with Sift: This tutorial introduces Sift through a hands-on, end-to-end workflow using real-world telemetry. You will work with a preprocessed dataset from the Mars Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS), an instrument package aboard NASA’s Curiosity rover. The preprocessed dataset contains one year of environmental sensor readings collected on the Martian surface, including temperature, pressure, and ultraviolet radiation levels. Learn more

Learn how the documentation is organized across sections and content types.

Diátaxis: The documentation is divided into two main sections: UI and API. Each section is organized around four content types following the Diátaxis framework, which includes Tutorials, How-to guides, Reference, and Explanations. Learn more.

Stay up to date with the latest changes and improvements in Sift.

Latest: August's release notes introduce new capabilities to accelerate telemetry analysis, improve organization, and simplify administration. Highlights include Live and Sync modes in Explore 2 (Beta), user-defined Metadata, IdP integration, a dedicated Jobs page, enhanced handling of NaN and infinity values, direct Parquet file ingestion, and larger-scale data exports. Learn more.
Previous: July's release notes introduce foundational upgrades across the Sift workspace. Explore 2 (Beta) is now live, delivering a rebuilt exploration experience with sharper visuals, faster performance, and more flexible workflows. We’ve also rolled out protective rate limiting for high-volume data access and brought back flexible Channel search for faster navigation. Together, these updates give teams deeper visibility, more reliable performance, and a smoother path from raw data to answers. Learn more.

Explore the latest features and enhancements available in Sift.

IdP (Beta): Sift supports the integration of external Identity Providers (IdPs) to manage users and groups. Sift can connect to IdPs that implement push provisioning, which enables real-time synchronization of data from the IdP to Sift. Learn more.
Webhooks (Beta): Webhooks in Sift instantly send event-based notifications to your tools and systems. Learn more.
Table Viewer (Beta): Table Viewer is a data view type in the Explore workspace. Learn more.

Catch up on important announcements and news from the Sift team.

Manifesto: Ever wonder why Sift was created? It wasn’t to build more software; it was to fix the fragile infrastructure that slows down the teams building our most complex machines. We’ve published a manifesto that lays out what we’re building and why it matters. Download manifesto.
Webinar recording: Traceability isn’t just a compliance checkbox anymore; it’s now mission-critical infrastructure. In our latest webinar, we break down how leading aerospace and defense teams are unifying hardware genealogy across build, test, and operations to move faster and reduce risk. Whether you missed the live session or want to revisit key insights, the full recording is now available here.

Helpful tips to get the most out of Sift.

An Asset's naming convention: When naming an Asset in Sift, aim to make the name clear enough that anyone can understand three key things about the Asset just by looking at it: its type, a unique identifier, and a modifier that describes its environment or context. Learn more.

Explore blogs from the Sift team on technical topics and industry insights.

External Rules: Automate telemetry review in CI/CD workflows: “External Rules extend Sift's Rules framework by allowing engineers to define evaluation logic inline at runtime, using either the REST or gRPC API.” Read more.
How Sift transforms hardware telemetry chaos into a trusted foundation for analysis: “Sift gives engineering teams a single foundation to work with hardware telemetry by delivering a [Single Source of Truth (SSOT)] and a [Single Pane of Glass (SPOG)].” Read more.