Knowledge Area

Foundry — The Full Flow, From Connections to Pipelines to Applications

Palantir Foundry is built up in order: Connect → Pipeline → Ontology → Application → AI. This page walks through that flow in three stages: getting started, building, and analyzing/operating.

Why this area matters

Foundry isn’t a list of separate tools — it’s one continuous pipeline. Understanding the full flow first keeps you from losing track of where the tool you’re looking at right now actually fits.

1. Getting Started — Understand the Foundation

• Palantir Foundry Architecture Overview: From Connect to AI in Five Layers
• Foundry Data Integration Guide: Data Connections to Pipelines
• How Foundry Actually Stores Data: ELT (Not ETL), and OSv2
• FDE vs. PI Consultant vs. Solution Architect: The Real Difference
• SAP BW/SAC vs Palantir Foundry: A Data Architecture Comparison Guide

2. Building — Data, Ontology, and Applications

• Palantir Foundry Ontology Manager Guide: 5 Mistakes to Avoid When You Design Your First One
• Building Your First Screen in Workshop: Widgets and Ontology Object Binding
• Foundry Data Pipelines: Pipeline Builder vs. Code Repository
• What Is Solution Designer? Designing Foundry Architecture as a Graph

3. Analyzing & Operating — Explore, Visualize, Trace Lineage

• Object Explorer vs Quiver vs Contour: Choosing the Right Tool
• What Is Palantir Insight? Exploratory Ontology Analysis vs. Object Explorer and Quiver
• Data Lineage: Tracing Data Provenance in Palantir Foundry