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How do I import data to FeatureBase Community?

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This overview explains the process of importing data to FeatureBase using three methods:

• CSV
• SQL
• Apache Kafka

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Before you begin

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What are ingesters?

Ingesters are used to:

• retrieve data from a specified upstream data source
• transform the data to the FeatureBase bit-columnar format
• write that data to target database tables.

{: .note} Tables defined by ingest source files are created if they do not already exist.

Perform data modeling

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• Learn about data modeling

Import data

You can import data to FeatureBase running three types of ingester processes:

• CSV ingest
• SQL ingest
• Kafka ingest

CSV ingest

Learn how to build CSV source files and the ingest flags you use to import your data.

• CSV source format reference
• CSV ingest flag reference
• Example CSV source and ingest flags

SQL import method

Learn how to define your SQL source and ingest flags to import the data.

• SQL format reference
• SQL ingester reference
• Example SQL source and ingest flags

Kafka import methods

Learn how to define Avro and Static Schema source files and valid ingest flags to import your data.

• Kafka Avro ingest
• Kafka Avro delete ingest
• Kafka static schema ingest

Troubleshooting

• Issue: Ingesting mutex fields is slow