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Nexalis Cloud

Welcome to Nexalis Cloud documentation. This guide explains how to access and consume industrial data from the Nexalis Platform. Whether you’re a data engineer building pipelines, an analyst creating dashboards, or a developer integrating real-time data into applications, Nexalis Cloud provides flexible access patterns to fit your workflow.

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Two Ways to Access Your Data

Nexalis Cloud offers two complementary data access methods, each optimized for different use cases:

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1. Real-Time API

A high-performance HTTP API for querying time-series data in real time. This API is designed for:
  • Real-time applications requiring sub-second response times
  • Custom calculation with advanced time-series functions (see https://www.warp10.io/doc/reference)
  • Analytics and operational dashboards
  • Event-driven architectures and alerting systems
Perfect for applications that need the latest sensor readings or want to query historical data with custom needs. Learn more about the Real-Time API →

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2. Lakehouse Sharing

Read-only access to your data through native lakehouse sharing protocols. Nexalis deploys your data on the lakehouse platform and cloud region that matches your infrastructure — whether that’s Databricks, Snowflake, or Microsoft Fabric on AWS, Azure, or GCP. You connect using native data sharing from your preferred lakehouse platform:

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Three Native Connection Options

  • Databricks-to-Databricks — Delta Sharing protocol for read-only table access
  • Fabric-to-Fabric — OneLake shortcuts and external data shares
  • Snowflake-to-Snowflake — Native data sharing with secure views
Nexalis matches your specific combination of cloud provider, lakehouse platform, and region to ensure seamless, cost-effective data sharing with zero egress fees.

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Benefits

  • Zero data replication — Data stays in Nexalis lakehouse, you query it directly
  • Native integration — Works seamlessly with your existing lakehouse platform
  • Optimized deployment — Data hosted in the same cloud provider and region as your infrastructure
  • Cost efficiency — Zero cloud egress fees, pay only for your own lakehouse service usage
  • Read-only security — Your access is secure and restricted to approved tables
  • Always up-to-date & maintained — Nexalis continuously refreshes and maintains the shared tables (corrections, schema evolution), so consumers always query trusted data.
Learn more about Databricks integration →
Learn more about Fabric integration →
Snowflake-to-Snowflake documentation is coming soon. In the meantime, please consult: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/data-sharing-intro

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Choosing Your Access Method

Access MethodBest ForLatencyPlatforms
Real-Time APIOperational dashboards, real-time apps, custom queriesSub-second to secondsAny (HTTP/JSON)
Lakehouse SharingAnalytics, ML/AI, BI tools, data warehousesMinutes (table snapshots)Databricks, Fabric, Snowflake

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When to Use Real-Time API

✅ Historical data access
✅ Building real-time monitoring dashboards
✅ Need the absolute latest sensor readings
✅ Custom time-series calculations (e.g., “5-minute averages”)
✅ Integration with alerting, notification and work order management systems
✅ Low-latency analytics

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When to Use Lakehouse Sharing

✅ Running SQL analytics and BI queries
✅ Training machine learning / AI models
✅ Building batch data pipelines
✅ Creating historical trend analysis
✅ Already using Databricks, Fabric, or Snowflake
✅ Need native lakehouse integration with zero data replication Pro Tip: Many users use both! The Real-Time API powers operational dashboards while lakehouse sharing feeds analytical workloads and ML pipelines.

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Getting Started

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Step 1: Choose Your Access Method(s)

(For the lakehouse methods, review the Data Tables documentation to understand the schema and structure of your tables. )

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Step 2: Request Access

Contact your Nexalis account manager or email contact@nexalis.io with:
  • Your preferred access method(s)
  • Your lakehouse platform (Databricks, Fabric, or Snowflake)
  • Your cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and preferred region
  • Azure Tenant ID (for Fabric), Databricks Workspace details, or Snowflake Account ID

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Cloud-Native Architecture

Nexalis Cloud is built on modern cloud-native principles:
  • Flexible deployment — We deploy on the cloud provider, lakehouse platform, and region that matches your infrastructure
  • Three lakehouse platforms — Support for Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Snowflake
  • Native sharing protocols — Connect using your lakehouse platform’s native capabilities
  • Cost-optimized — Minimize egress fees by matching your cloud provider and region
  • Scalable — Automatically handles thousands of devices and millions of data points
  • Secure — Encryption in transit and at rest, read-only access control

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Support

Need help getting started or have questions about your deployment? 📧 Email: contact@nexalis.io
📚 Documentation: Continue exploring this guide for detailed setup instructions

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