Overview of intaking tools

The Domo platform greatly simplifies the process of getting structured data into the cloud; well, that is, after you have identified the right Domo tool for doing so. The data's source, volume, and security are key factors to selecting the right tool. The destination for all structured data coming into Domo is the dataset. The following figure illustrates some of the many options for data intake:

Figure 2.1 – Intake pathways into Domo

Let's look at the sources of data that can be used for import.

Data sources

Here are brief descriptions of the supported data sources:

• Cloud applications are applications such as Salesforce that run in the cloud, or pretty much any SaaS app with a data API. Connectors also can bring in files from email attachments, cloud databases such as Snowflake, and even public data sources such as census data or RSS feeds.
• Local files are Excel, CSV, JSON, and XML files...