Zoho DataPrep is now integrated with Creator using Zoho Creator connector. The forms in Zoho Creator are used to collect and store data, serving as the main point of interaction between the created application and users. Zoho DataPrep allows you to seamlessly bring in the data in your Creator forms using the Zoho Creator connector and help you achieve migration requirements.
Zoho DataPrep is a data pipeline and cleansing tool to bring your data from various data sources, clean and prepare the data before pushing it to your preferred destination. DataPrep offers a comprehensive solution to model, cleanse, prepare, enrich and organize large volumes of data from multiple data sources to serve data analytics and data warehousing, ML, and more with exceptional data quality.
Data migration
You can use Zoho DataPrep to migrate your data from other data sources to Zoho Creator. Create a pipeline and connect to your data from 50+ data sources using Zoho DataPrep and import data. -
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Clean, prepare, model, transform, and enrich data using 250+ transforms, based on your needs.
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After adding a destination, you may want to try executing your pipeline using a manual run at first. Once you make sure manual run works, you can then set up schedule to automate the pipeline. Learn about the different types of runs here
Let's look into some migration use cases.
1) On-premise → Zoho DataPrep → Zoho Creator
Use case: A Healthcare analytics solutions provider in the United States is undergoing digital transformation to enhance its platform's scalability, performance, and accessibility. As part of their initiative, they aim to migrate data from a local database to Zoho Creator to leverage advanced analytics capabilities and improve decision-making in healthcare. They also want to clean up and standardize data before pushing it to Zoho Creator.
Requirements:
1. Migrate data from an on-premise local database to Zoho Creator
2. Adhere to HIPAA compliance and other regulatory requirements during and after migration.
How Zoho DataPrep can help with this use case?
Migrating data from a local database to your Zoho Creator can be achieved using Zoho DataPrep. You can also secure the ePHI data in the dataset using the HIPAA-compliant features in DataPrep before exporting it to Zoho Creator application. Therefore, Zoho DataPrep streamlines the migration process, ensuring data integrity and adherence to regulatory standards throughout the transition.
➤ DataPrep offers 250+ transforms to clean, prepare, model, transform, and enrich data.
➤ Mark the columns that contain PII (Personal Identifiable Information) or ePHI (Electronic Protected Health Information) data using the Mark PII and ePHI data transform.
➤Add Zoho Creator as the destination and export data to Creator using the Zoho Creator connector available in DataPrep.
2) Cloud Services →Zoho DataPrep → Zoho Creator
Use case: ABC Corp, a mid-sized e-commerce company, has utilized various cloud services (cloud database or cloud storage services) to manage different aspects of its operations, such as customer data, sales records, and product information. The scattered nature of their data across different cloud services makes it challenging to extract meaningful insights and utilize them effectively to make business decisions. They need a solution to consolidate their data and push that into their Zoho Creator application.
Requirements: Migrate data from cloud services to Zoho Creator.
How Zoho DataPrep can help with this use case?
➤ DataPrep offers 250+ transforms to clean, prepare, model, transform, and enrich data.
➤ A common problem while bringing in data from several sources is to merge and and find duplicates. You can merge different datasets or enrich data using the join or append transforms and also verify and remove duplicates using the Deduplicate transform in DataPrep.