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What is Octostar?

Octostar is an Investigative and Decision Intelligence platform. You use it to run investigations and make decisions using data from many sources, including evidence files (documents, media, exports) and structured records (people, organizations, events, places, objects). Octostar brings search, analysis, and collaboration into one place so you can move from raw evidence to auditable outputs without switching between separate tools. Octostar combines:

  • Workspaces to organize investigations and control access.
  • Records to capture structured facts about entities.
  • Relationships to connect records and support network analysis.
  • Search across unstructured evidence and structured records.
  • Apps to run task-specific workflows such as extraction, transcription, imports, and reporting.
  • A consistent data model, the Ontology, so records, search filters, and visualizations behave consistently.

How Octostar works​

Most investigations in Octostar follow a similar workflow: data is imported into a workspace, structured into records and relationships, analyzed using visual tools, and finally shared with collaborators.

Import data​

Start by bringing relevant data into a workspace. You can upload files directly, import structured datasets such as CSV files, or connect external data sources if integrations are enabled. Once imported, the data becomes searchable and available for analysis.

Structure the information​

Use Search to locate relevant entities and files within the workspace. As you review the information, create or refine Records and define Relationships between them to organize the data and confirm key facts.

Analyze and Present Findings​

Once the data is structured, you can begin analyzing it to uncover patterns, connections, or insights. Use a Link Chart to visualize how entities are connected. Additional apps and dashboards can be used to run analyses, generate visualizations, or produce outputs based on the structured data.

Share results​

Save charts, analyses, and other artifacts to the workspace and share them with collaborators. Access can be granted to specific users or roles depending on the workspace permissions.