Getting data from other sources

So far, we have been getting data from plain files and databases. These are two of the most common data sources, but there are many more kinds of sources available in PDI, mainly grouped in, but not limited to, the Input folder. The following subsections will present some of the sources that we didn't cover in the previous sections, which are also of use.

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