Task Overview for Defining and Using Data Sources and Targets

Data sources let you store sample data sets and complete raw data sets. Use targets to publish the resulting data sets from running a transform, and upload and download data from the data sources that you define in the Catalog.

Task	Description	More Information
Create a source or target.	Add new data sources to your Catalog. Use these sources to store the sample files that you use to create transforms, the real data sets that you want to prepare and enhance, or the results of running a transform on a data set. Create data sources or targets using Oracle Storage Cloud Service, Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service, Oracle Data Visualization Cloud Service, Oracle Database Cloud Service, or a Hadoop Distributed File System.	Adding an Existing Oracle Storage Cloud Service Instance as a Source or Target Adding an Existing Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service Instance as a Target Adding an Existing Oracle Data Visualization Cloud Service Instance as a Target Adding an Existing Oracle Database Cloud Service Instance as a Target Adding a Hadoop Distributed File System as a Source or Target
Edit a source or target.	Edit the connection settings for a data source or target that you’ve already added to the Catalog.	Editing Data Sources and Targets
Upload data.	Upload data sets to any of the Oracle Storage Cloud Service data sources that you defined in your Catalog.	Uploading Your Data
Download data.	Download files from any of the Oracle Storage Cloud Service data sources that you defined in your Catalog.	Downloading Results from Your Oracle Storage Cloud Service Directories