2 Get Started with Oracle AI Data Platform

Oracle AI Data Platform helps you quickly build, orchestrate, and manage end-to-end data workflows across your organization. This guide walks you through the essential steps to create your first AI Data Platform and start working with data in a governed and scalable environment.

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Create Your First AI Data Platform

Before you create your first AI Data Platform, you need to ensure you have the correct IAM permissions.

Before creating or using an AI Data Platform, check the following:

  • You have the appropriate permissions for the compartment where you want to create the AI Data Platform. For more information, see Managing Compartments.
  • If you already have tag-defaults set for your compartment you may face issues while creating an AI Data Platform instance in that scope. For more information, see Known Issues.
  1. In the Home section of OCI, click Analytics & AI.
  2. Click AI Data Platforms then click AI Data Platforms.

    Intelligent Data Lakes screen with the Create Intelligent Data Lake icon highlighted

  3. Click Create AI Data Platform. Oracle AI Data Platform performs a check to validate that all required IAM policies are in place.
  4. Provide a name and description for your AI Data Platform instance.
  5. Provide a name and description for your first AI Data Platform workspace.
  6. Select one of the following from Add Policies:
    • Standard (Recommended): Applies access settings broadly at the tenancy level.
    • Advanced: Allows you to configure fine-grained access at the compartment level.
  7. Review the missing policies, if any, and apply them as necessary.
  8. Expand Optional Policies. Review and add any additional policies your instance requires. For more information, see IAM Policies for Oracle AI Data Platform.
  9. Click Advanced Options to provide metadata tags for your AI Data Platform. Click Add tag to add multiple.
  10. Click Create AI Data Platform.

Access an Oracle AI Data Platform

You can access any AI Data Platform that you or a role you belong to have been provided permissions for.

You require at least USE permissions from the AI Data Platform IAM policies to access an AI Data Platform. For more information, see IAM Policies for Oracle AI Data Platform.
  1. In the Home section of OCI, click Analytics & AI.
  2. Click AI Data Platform then click AI Data Platforms.
  3. Click the AI Data Platform you want to access.

Access Oracle AI Data Platform from a URL

You can access your Oracle AI Data Platform instance directly from a URL.

The URL for your Oracle AI Data Platform uses the following format, where tenant_name is the name of the OCI account you use to log in and domain_name is the domain you select: 

https://<hash>.datalake.oci.oraclecloud.com/#?&tenant=<<tenant_name>>&domain=<<domain_name>>

You can also get a direct link to your instance by right-clicking your AI Data Platform instance name on the home page and clicking Copy Link.

You can share your AI Data Platform instance URL with other users. Those users need to have appropriate permissions to access the instance. For more information, see About Permissions.

Understanding the Workspace and UI Flow

Once you've created or accessed your AI Data Platform, the user interface helps you navigate and manage all key components seamlessly.

Left Navigation Overview

When inside an AI Data Platform, the left sidebar contains:

  • Home - Brings you back to the dashboard
  • Master Catalog - View all registered data assets across workspaces
  • Workspace - Direct access to workspace details
  • Select Workspace - Dropdown to switch between different workspaces
    • Inside a workspace, you’ll see:
      • Workflow - Design and schedule data workflows
      • Compute - Manage Spark compute environments
  • Data Sharing - Share data with other services supporting Delta Share protocol
  • Auto populate catalog - Automatically ingest metadata from connected sources
  • Notifications - Search and filter system messages you receive
  • Roles - Configure access control (RBAC)
  • Audit logs - Search and filter the history of objects in your AI Data Platform

Next Steps After Setup

Once you have created your AI Data Platform, you can prepare it for regular use.

When you have your AI Data Platform created and have accessed it for the first time, these are the next steps to ensure its ready for use:

  • Review IAM Policies and Roles - Ensure correct access is set up for users and groups via the Roles tab. For more information, see Roles.
  • Set Up Compute - Configure Spark compute in the Compute tab to run your workflows efficiently. For more information, see Compute.
  • Ingest and Organize Data - Start by creating a Catalog to organize your data sources. For more information, see Data Management.
  • Explore Notebooks - Use notebooks for ad hoc exploration, transformations, or machine learning tasks. For more information, see Notebooks.

Edit an AI Data Platform

You can edit the details of an AI Data Platform you own.

  1. In the Home section of OCI, click Analytics & AI.
  2. Click AI Data Platform then click AI Data Platforms.
  3. Click Actions three dot iconActions next to your AI Data Platform and click Edit.
  4. Modify the details and click Save.

Delete an AI Data Platform

You can delete unused or redundant AI Data Platforms you own.

  1. In the Home section of OCI, click Analytics & AI.
  2. Click AI Data Platform then click AI Data Platforms.
  3. Click Actions three dot icon Actions next to your AI Data Platform and click Delete.
  4. Select whether to delete:
    • All managed data in the Master Catalog
    • All files and folders in all Workspaces
  5. Enter Delete where prompted. Click Delete.