Introducing Factor House Docs

Overview

We are excited to announce the launch of our new, unified documentation site: Factor House Docs. This new hub brings all our product documentation together into a single, streamlined resource, making it easier than ever to find the information you need.

Previously, our documentation was split between community and enterprise editions. Now, with Factor House Docs, all of that content is in one place with a simplified structure. This move is designed to provide a more cohesive and user-friendly experience for everyone.

About Factor House

Factor House is a leader in real-time data tooling, empowering engineers with innovative solutions for Apache Kafka® and Apache Flink®.

Our flagship product, Kpow for Apache Kafka, is the market-leading enterprise solution for Kafka management and monitoring.

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Key hightlights

Unified product content

No more switching between different sites for community and enterprise documentation. All documentation for Kpow, Flex, and the upcoming Factor Platform is now in one centralized location. This consolidation simplifies the user experience by providing a single source of truth for all product-related information, regardless of your edition.

Clear feature availability

To help you quickly identify which features are available in your edition, we've introduced clear COMMUNITY, TEAM, and ENTERPRISE badges throughout the documentation. This makes it easy to understand the capabilities of your current plan and see what additional features are available if you choose to upgrade.

Improved organization

One of the most impactful changes in the new Factor House Docs is the move from a dense, reference-style list to a clear, task-oriented structure. This isn't just a redesign; it's a fundamental improvement in how you find and use our documentation.

A good example of this is how we've consolidated administrative features.

In the previous documentation, getting a complete view of your administrative capabilities required you to hunt through completely different sections. Core admin controls like Staged mutations and Temporary policies were buried under the User authorisation section. Meanwhile, other powerful administrative tools like Bulk actions and Data governance were located in the general Features list, mixed in with dozens of other unrelated items. To perform your duties, you had to already know which features we considered part of "authorization" and which were just "features."

The new documentation eliminates this guesswork by introducing a single, dedicated Administrative workflows section.

Content is now organized to reflect a natural user journey:

• A clear onboarding path: Instead of a jumble of topics, you are now greeted with a clear, sequential path: Getting started, followed by dedicated Installation and Configuration sections. This guides you logically from initial setup to a fully running instance.
• Topic-based grouping: The monolithic "Features" section is gone. Related capabilities are now grouped into intuitive, high-level categories. For instance, powerful data tools are now consolidated under the Query languages & Data management section. This creates a focused hub for anyone responsible for the data itself, bringing together everything from querying with kJQ to inspecting topics.
• Enhanced discoverability: This new structure makes it much easier to discover the full range of Kpow's capabilities. By browsing top-level sections like Integration & Kafka management, you can quickly get a sense of the available tools without having to read through a long, unstructured list.

This streamlined layout is designed to get you to your answers faster, reducing search time and making the entire platform more accessible and easier to master.

Powerful search, instant answers

Finding the exact information you need is now faster and easier than ever. Using Algolia DocSearch, our documentation site delivers instant, relevant results across all sections. No more navigating multiple pages to locate a specific configuration property or function.

Whether you’re looking for an environment variable, a kJQ example, or details on Role-Based Access Control, the global search guides you directly to the content you need. This improvement ensures you spend less time searching and more time building.

Interactive kJQ examples

Our new documentation includes a dedicated section for fully interactive kJQ examples. You can now modify both the kJQ filter and the JSON data in real-time to see how different filters work and experiment with the syntax. This hands-on approach allows you to test everything from basic filters and function calls to complex, nested logic right in your browser.

Hands-on playground

To further enhance your learning experience, we've added a new "Playground" section. This area features a collection of labs and projects designed to help you explore the full range of product capabilities in a hands-on environment.

Ready for the future

The new Factor House Docs site is built to be a long-lasting resource. The documentation for the new Factor Platform will be added and expanded upon its release, ensuring that this hub will remain the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource for all product information now and in the future.

Conclusion

We are confident that the new Factor House Docs will be a valuable resource for our users. We encourage you to explore the new site and update your bookmarks. The previous documentation site will be retired.

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