Bringing data into your application

After you define the structure of your data, you can bring data into your application.

Bring data into your application in the following ways:

Integrate with an external system of record to bring data into your application without storing it in your application. You can set up the connection either when you create the data type, or you can use Pega database storage during application development and set up the connection later.
Import data from an external system of record to bring data into your application and store it in Pega database storage.
Manually add, update, and delete data records in the Records editor.

Choose one of the following techniques for bringing data into your model, based on how you intend to manage the data: