Tools
Each icon on the Data Management Palette represents a tool that performs a specialized operation.
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By configuring and connecting these tools, you create a custom data processing "engine."
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Tools produce records to downstream connections.
Tools consume records from upstream connections.
Connectors indicate whether tool produces records, consumes records, or both.
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