# Data preparation

> Data preparation - Reference public API endpoints for data connections, ingest, and transformation.

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## Primary page

- [Data preparation](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/api/reference/public-api/tag-data-prep.html.md): Full documentation for this topic (Markdown sidecar).

## Related documentation

- [Developer documentation](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/api/index.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [API reference](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/api/reference/index.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [REST API](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/api/reference/public-api/index.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Data connectivity](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/api/reference/public-api/data_connectivity.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Data wrangling](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/api/dev-learning/python/data/data_wrangling.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Data registry](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/api/reference/public-api/data_registry.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Data management](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/api/reference/public-api/features.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Define datasets](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/api/reference/public-api/dataset_definition.html.md): Linked from this page.
- [Data exports](https://docs.datarobot.com/en/docs/api/reference/public-api/data_exports_and_tracing.html.md): Linked from this page.

## Documentation content

DataRobot’s data preparation offerings give you the ability to analyze, ingest, and transform your data for modeling and inference workflows. These endpoints include the functionality for creating connections to external data sources, ingesting and managing static and dynamic data assets in the Data Registry, and applying data transformations in preparation for modeling.

| Topic | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Data connectivity | Configure JDBC data connections and credentials for external database access. |
| Data wrangling | Prepare and transform data using SQL-based wrangling recipes and operations. |
| Data registry | Browse, register, version, and manage datasets in the AI Catalog and Data Registry. |
| Data management | Create feature lists, inspect feature metadata, and manage feature engineering settings. |
| Define datasets | Define and configure data source definitions for dynamic dataset creation. |
| Data exports | Export monitoring data and configure tracing for deployment predictions. |