Sling Platform
Why Sling Platform
Sling Platform provides a comprehensive web-based interface for managing data operations at scale. Key benefits include:
Visual interface for creating and managing data workflows
Agent-based architecture for secure and scalable execution
Team collaboration features
Centralized connection management
Built-in monitoring and alerting
Job scheduling and orchestration
Platform Features
The paid platform plan includes exclusive capabilities:
✅ Smart Editor (IDE) - Live compilation, auto-complete, syntax highlighting, and validation for replications
✅ Alerting - Email, Slack, and MS Teams notifications for job status (error, warning, success)
✅ Job Scheduling - Schedule and orchestrate data jobs with cron expressions
✅ Self-Hosted Agents - Deploy agents in your infrastructure for secure data access
✅ REST API - Programmatic access to connections, jobs, executions, and git sync
✅ Job Run History - View detailed history and logs for all job executions
CLI Pro Features
The paid platform plan also includes all of the CLI Pro features:
✅ API Sources (extract data from any REST API by using Specs)
✅ Parallel Stream Processing (run streams in parallel with automatic retries)
✅ Stream Chunking (split large streams into smaller chunks)
✅ Pipelines & Hooks (such as
http,query,check,copy,commandand more)✅ OpenTelemetry Logging (export structured logs to any OTLP endpoint)
✅ Capture Deletes (similar to CDC)
✅ Staged Transforms (advanced multi-stage transformations with expressions and functions)
✅ State Based Incremental (file target incremental mode)
✅ ODBC Connections (connect to any database via ODBC drivers)
Advanced Plan Features
The following features are available with the Advanced plan:
✅ Platform Self-Hosting - Host the entire platform in your private network for full control and security
✅ Git Integration - Connect to GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket for version control and CI/CD workflows
✅ User Roles - Define granular access controls with custom user roles and permissions
✅ Audit Logs - Comprehensive logging and tracking of all platform activities for compliance
Sign Up
Visit platform.slingdata.io to create your account
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Create a Project
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Creating a Project
After logging in, You will need to create a project
Enter a project name, and click "Create Project"
Once your project is created, you can:
Set up connections to your data sources and targets
Deploy agents to securely access your data
Create and schedule replications
Monitor your data operations
Invite team members to collaborate
Each project is isolated from other projects, meaning that you can have multiple projects, each with their own connections, agents, replications, etc.
For detailed instructions on specific features, please refer to the relevant sections in the documentation.
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