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Overview
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Rattail offers a framework which may be used for (presumably) all data
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import and export tasks, regardless of which systems are involved, or
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direction of data flow between them.
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In other words it's not just for getting data into and out of a
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Rattail DB, but e.g. might be used for exporting data from your POS to
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an online mailing list, etc.
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See :doc:`concepts` for more background on the framework.
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The framework offers the following features:
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* "dry run" mode to check things out before committing changes
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* "warnings" mode which sends email with data diffs, e.g. when you expect no changes
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* adjustable "batch size" for grouping changes when submitting to local (target) system
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* full command line support for above, plus "max" changes to apply, show progress, etc.
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* core code is optimized to run quickly, e.g. by fetching all data up-front
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* new importers may be created simply / cleanly / according to existing patterns
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* new importers may extend / replace core functionality as needed
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See also the API docs for :mod:`rattail:rattail.importing` (and sub-modules).
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