Getting started

This section describes how data is imported to and exported from Decentriq as well as how it is managed therein. Data in Decentriq is always encrypted with a data owner-specific key which - thanks to confidential computing - is not accessible to Decentriq. For more details about how Decentriq achieves its unique security guarantees, please refer to the technical whitepaper.

All your datasets in Decentriq can be managed in the Dataset Portal, see Manage data in the Dataset Portal. Imports from external sources and exports to external destinations are also triggered from here.

Data flows

Data flows according to the following diagram.

• Data import: Data can be imported into Decentriq from an external source (e.g. cloud storage bucket), or by uploading a file from the user’s computer. See Import data from an external source and Uploading a file.
• Data export: Data can be exported from Decentriq by exporting to an external destination (e.g. cloud storage bucket, DSPs, …) or by downloading it as a file to the user’s computer. See Export data to an external destination and Download as a file
• Provisioning to a DCR: Provisioning is the process of making one of your datasets usable in a DCR. See Provision data to DCR.
• Saving results from a DCR: Results from DCRs can be saved as a dataset. See Save DCR results to datasets

Dataset types

Datasets can be unstructured files or structured tabular datasets. Tabular datasets always have a data schema which is validated and enforced at upload time.