Platform
Visual Builder
The Altius visual canvas lets you build data pipelines by dragging and dropping nodes.
Canvas Overview
The canvas is a directed acyclic graph (DAG) editor. Each node represents a data operation. Edges represent data flow between nodes. The canvas provides real-time schema validation as you connect nodes.
Adding Nodes
Drag any node type from the left sidebar onto the canvas. Available categories include Sources (data inputs), Transforms (data operations), Security (PII handling), and Sinks (data destinations).
Connecting Nodes
Drag from a node's output handle (right side) to another node's input handle (left side). The schema engine validates the connection immediately, checking data type compatibility and column constraints.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Delete/Backspace removes selected nodes. Ctrl+Z undoes the last action. Ctrl+Y redoes. Ctrl+C copies selected nodes. Ctrl+V pastes copied nodes. Escape clears the selection. Shift enables multi-select.