Getting Started

Tracks

You can choose from multiple tools to perform each task in the Data Hub process.

The following table organizes the tasks and the available tools into tracks:

GUI track - You perform tasks using the QuickStart app. (Recommended)
Command-line track - You perform tasks using Gradle commands.
Programming track - You create apps to perform tasks using APIs.

You can still switch between tracks for different tasks; however, switching from the command-line track to the GUI track might be less convenient. The QuickStart app automatically performs many tasks and subtasks for you that you might have to do yourself when using Gradle.


Task	GUI Track	Command-Line Track	Programming Track
Create Project	Using QuickStart	Using Gradle
Set Security Credentials		Using Gradle
Create Entity (required for mapping step)	Using QuickStart	Using Gradle
Create Flow	Using QuickStart	Using Gradle
Edit the Flow Settings	Using QuickStart	Manually
Create Step	Using QuickStart	Using Gradle
Configure Step	Ingestion Step Using QuickStart Mapping Step Using QuickStart Matching Step Using QuickStart Merging Step Using QuickStart Mastering Step Using QuickStart Custom Step Using QuickStart
Create Mapping		Manually
Add Custom Hooks		Manually
Manage Steps in a Flow	Using QuickStart	Manually
Run Flow	Using QuickStart	Using Gradle	Using REST Client API Using Data Hub API Using MLCP (for ingestion only)
Merge Records Outside a Flow		Using Gradle	Using REST Client API
Unmerge a Record Outside a Flow		Using Gradle	Using REST Client API
Deploy	to Data Hub Service
Redeploy	Using QuickStart	Using Gradle
Explore Your Data	Using Data Hub Explorer

Tip: If you need sample data to test with, you can download and unzip store-data.zip, which contains data files (in CSV format) of a fictional board game retailer.