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Documentation for every part of your Sift experience.
Get started
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.
- Glossary: Sift uses key terms throughout its platform, all defined in the glossary section. Learn more.
UI
Everything you need to navigate and use the Sift UI effectively.
- Reference: Comprehensive technical reference for the Sift UI.
- How-to guides: Practical guides for solving specific tasks in the Sift UI.
APIs
Resources to help you integrate and work with the Sift APIs.
- Reference: Comprehensive technical reference for the Sift APIs.
- How-to guides: Practical guides for solving specific tasks in the Sift APIs.
Documentation structure
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.
Release notes
Stay up to date with the latest changes and improvements in Sift.
- Latest: June's release notes introduce new ways to bring data into Sift and view it across your tools. You can now send data from LabVIEW and FlexLogger directly to Sift. The Sift Grafana plugin is also now available in the public plugin catalog for easy installation. Sift's workspace (Explore) now supports a logarithmic Y-axis scale, making it easier to inspect signals that span multiple orders of magnitude. Learn more.
- Previous: May's release notes introduce a suite of impactful updates designed to enhance visibility, automation, and workspace organization in Sift. Highlights include the new Table Viewer, which provides a high-fidelity view of telemetry data; support for programmatic logic with external Rules; webhooks to trigger external workflows; the ability to archive Assets and Runs; and improved file uploads. These updates help streamline your workflows and enhance your ability to work with data efficiently. Learn more.
New features
Explore the latest features and enhancements available in Sift.
- Webhooks (Beta): Table Viewer is a data view type in the Explore workspace. 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.
- Advanced Export: Advanced Export is a data export feature in the Explore workspace. Learn more.
Announcements
Catch up on important announcements and news from the Sift team.
- Webinar (track component history across systems) : Join us on July 15 at 1:00 PM ET for a live Payload webinar on closing the traceability gap in aerospace and defense programs. Industry experts including Karthik Gollapudi, CEO and Co-founder of Sift, will discuss how organizations are unifying genealogy tracking across test, production, and sustainment to reduce compliance risk and improve mission readiness. Learn more and register.
Tips
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.
Popular
Explore the most popular Sift guides and docs.
- Expression syntax: Calculated Channels are defined by expressions written in Common Expression Language (CEL). These expressions describe how raw telemetry should be transformed, using logic that is evaluated on each incoming row of data. Learn more.
Blogs
Explore blogs from the Sift team on technical topics and industry insights.
- Why Impulse Space chose to build on Sift: "Impulse is deploying Sift across their engineering workflows, allowing teams to work from a centralized source of truth and streamline their ability to review, analyze, and act on high-frequency mission data." Read more.
- Why frequent, small releases strengthen hardware development: "Frequent releases allow engineers to validate performance at every stage, reducing the likelihood of major failures right before launch." Read more.