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Some steps happen in Platform, because workspaces, identity and tokens are shared by every e6data product. You only do them once.
1

Sign up and set up your organization

Create your account with a passwordless email code or SSO, then invite your team.Sign up and log in · Set up your organization
2

Choose a deployment model and deploy a workspace

Serverless runs the compute for you. CloudPrem runs it inside your own AWS or Azure account.Choose a deployment model

AWS Serverless

AWS CloudPrem on EKS

Azure Serverless

Azure CloudPrem on AKS

3

Register the catalog your tables are in

Query Engine reads tables where they already live. Connect AWS Glue, Hive Metastore, Unity Catalog, Apache Polaris, an Iceberg REST catalog, S3 Tables or Microsoft Fabric.Register and manage catalogs
4

Create a cluster

Pick a size, and let auto-suspend and auto-resume keep costs down when nobody is querying.Create and manage clusters · Sizing and scaling
5

Run your first query

Open the Query Editor, choose the cluster and catalog, and run SQL.Run your first query
6

Query from your own tools

Connect Python, JDBC, the PostgreSQL protocol, BI tools and notebooks to the same cluster.Query e6data from Python · All connection options

Self-managed

A guide for running Query Engine on infrastructure you manage yourself is on the way. See Install self-managed.
Last modified on September 29, 2026