Feeds bring data into the system. That data is fed into a Table.

Tables and Fields are at the heart of structured data. They are the structure, into which the data is placed.

If you are familiar with Microsoft Access, or any relational database product, you can quickly skim this section, as the concepts and names will be familiar.

If you are storing data on a set of things, you need to decide what information you want to know about each one. For example, for the 'plants' case study we needed to know the plant Name and Flower Color, Hardiness Zone, amongst others. Each of these are Fields – one field for the Name, one for the Color, etc.

All these Fields collectively make up a 'Table'.

Once you start entering information, the Table contains Records – made up of the Fields, one Record for each item.

Acquiring Data

Data is fed into the system in a number of ways.

Data Entry Forms

Data Entry Forms enable in-app data collection from screen or QR code inputs.

FTP

neatComponents can act as an FTP client, reading and writing to an external FTP server.

Email

Direct collection of email and separation and storage of attachments 

SMS

Inbound direct SMS data acceptance

External Lookup Data Feeds

These components manage the direct external lookup from external sources - for example, currency or stock values

CSV

XML
      including RSS and Atom Feeds

JSON

AI Integration - LLM Chat Completion

Direct integration with Large Language Models enables creation of custom Agents.

Intersite Communication

Intersite Communication enables the creation of scalable solutions. clearString sites can load share by moving data between separate instances.

Telemetry

Telemetry enables you to record site activity and use this as the basis for charging users of your apps.

Search Log Data Feed

This component provides access to information about searches performed on your site - you can discover what users are searching for.

In each case the route is always from the Feed to aTable