Getting Started With NikaWorkspace

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Getting Started with NikaWorkspace

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Prerequisites

• Nika Account: Sign up at https://planet.nika.eco
• Onboarding: Book and complete your onboarding call to get trial access

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Step 1: Manage Data Workspaces

1. Project: Each of your workspaces is a logical separation for project management, to keep your resources such as file storage, notebooks, maps and databases separate.
2. Login: Visit https://planet.nika.eco and sign in
3. Dashboard: You’ll see your main dashboard with access to a default workspace if you log in for the first time
4. Navigation: Click on the default workspace to open, use the left sidebar to navigate between different tools

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Step 2: Explore the Interface

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Main Components

• Left Sidebar: Navigation between Nika products
• Top Bar: User settings, notifications, and help
• Main Area: Content area that changes based on selected tool
• Right Panel: Context-sensitive tools and options

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Available Tools in Nika

• Nika Notebooks: Data analysis, notebooks and VM
• Nika Map: Interactive map visualization
• Nika Studio: Application development
• Publish to Nika Hub: Community and team internal sharing
• Nika Labeller: Image annotation
• Nika ETL: Data processing pipelines
• Nika Database Engine: Intergration with your existing databases or one click creation of Nika managed DuckDB instance
• Nika GAIA: Nika’s AI Agent for coding and mapping

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Create a New Map

1. Click Map icon in the left sidebar
2. Click ”+” button to create new map
3. Drag files from the files list in left sidebar to add as layer to the open map. Note: drop to the center of the map to trigger Add to Map instead of opening file

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Create a New Notebook

1. Click Notebook icon in the left sidebar
2. Click ”+” button to create new notebook
3. Click Machine icon at bottom left to then start the machine
4. Run code in your notebook by following this guide

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Step 3: Upload Your First Data

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Upload Files

1. Click “Files” in the left sidebar
2. Click “Upload” button and select your files from desktop
3. Drag and Drop alternaitvely, drag multiple files and drop them on the file list when left sidebar is open
4. Wait for processing to complete

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Design of Nika File Storage

• Size Limit: Theoretically Nika Cloud FS can host up to 100s of TB size per workspace
• Integration: These files are natively accessible in your notebook code through secure connection, and adding them as layer to map is as easy as drag and drop on map
• Editor: For certain formats like .py, .json, .js, you can double click to open the file in Nika web UI and edit them directly
• Machine Learning: If you are try to train machine learning models over a large groups of test/train/eval split datasets, Nika FS is the best option as your machine learning code in notebook work immediately on files

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Next Steps

1. Try Making a Map: Follow the Create NikaMap Tutorial guide
2. Start Data Analysis: Follow the Create Notebook Tutorial guide
3. Explore Features: Check out the other guides in this section
4. Join Community: Visit NikaHub to see examples

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