# Thinkific + Databricks

> Sync students and courses from Thinkific to Databricks with Erathos. No-code, incremental pipeline, and full observability. Start for free.

Source: https://www.erathos.com/en/pipelines/thinkific-databricks
Em português: https://www.erathos.com/pipelines/thinkific-databricks

Thinkific is a platform for creating and selling online courses, used by creators and businesses to host educational content and manage students.

With Erathos, you can integrate Thinkific data with Databricks in just a few minutes. Our platform handles the entire data movement process to your analytical environment, allowing this data to be combined with other sources in your Data Warehouse. This keeps your focus on what really drives value: extracting valuable insights and making more data-driven decisions.

### What Thinkific data does Erathos sync with Databricks?

The integration automatically syncs key Thinkific objects:

- **Students** registration data and status for each student
- **Courses** catalog and content structure
- **Enrollments** link between student and course, status, and progress
- **Progress** completion percentage by student and course
- **Assessments** grades and feedback from quizzes and evaluations

### Why sync Thinkific with Databricks?

In Databricks, your Thinkific data is ready for Machine Learning models, advanced analytics, and ad-hoc queries, all within the same environment where your team already builds data pipelines.

### How it works

Erathos connects to Thinkific via its official API and syncs your data incrementally—only new or updated records are processed in each run, keeping pipelines fast and costs predictable. You choose the sync frequency (ranging from 5 minutes to daily), the objects to sync, and the target dataset in Databricks. Every execution is logged with full observability: run time, rows processed, errors with context, and instant alerts via Slack or email if anything goes wrong.

## Data in your data warehouse in minutes

### Out-of-the-box Thinkific connector

Connect Thinkific to Databricks in minutes. Students, Courses, and Enrollments synced automatically, with zero code required and ready for analysis.

### Complete control over your Thinkific pipelines

Configure frequency, sync type, and partitioning on a per-table basis. Data arrives in Databricks ready for ML, analytics, and ad hoc queries, with predictable costs.

### End-to-end observability

Stop finding out about Thinkific failures only when the business team complains. Every run is logged with runtime, rows processed, and error context. Get automatic alerts via Slack, Discord, or email the moment something goes wrong, keeping your online course engagement and performance data always up to date.

## Centralizing Thinkific data in Databricks has never been easier

Erathos is a data ingestion platform built for product education and customer success teams. With the Thinkific connector, you can automatically export students, courses, and enrollments to Databricks, keeping engagement and performance data from online courses centralized and ready for analysis.

## FAQ

### What is Erathos and how can it help my business?

Erathos is a data ingestion platform built for reliability, transparency, and control. We help data teams connect tools like Thinkific to their data warehouse with full observability over every run, zero maintenance, and none of the opacity of traditional market tools.

### What Thinkific data does Erathos sync to Databricks?

Erathos automatically and incrementally syncs Students, Courses, Enrollments, Progress, and Reviews from Thinkific to Databricks.

### How often does Erathos sync data from Thinkific to Databricks?

You can configure the sync frequency from every 5 minutes to daily, at the table level. Erathos uses incremental sync, meaning only new or updated records are processed in each run, keeping your Thinkific pipeline efficient and your Databricks costs predictable.

### What happens if a Thinkific sync fails?

Erathos automatically detects failures and sends alerts to your email, Slack, or Discord with full context—not just "job failed." Smart retries handle transient errors, and every execution is logged with run time, rows processed, and error context, allowing your team to debug in minutes, not hours.

### Is there a free trial for the Thinkific connector?

Yes. Every Erathos connector includes a 14-day free trial. Connect Thinkific to Databricks and start syncing immediately, no credit card required.