Automation for clients

Stage 2 · Lesson 5 of 7

Data stores

Make in depth

A is a small table built into Make. can add, search, update and delete its records, and each record has a key, a unique label used to find it. Data stores are good for remembering things between runs.

Examples are which records you have already processed, the last time you synced, or a lookup that turns codes into names. You define the , meaning which fields each record has. The size limit depends on your plan, so a data store does not replace a real database or a client's .

It is also how you will handle , skipping records you have already processed, in the reliability stage.

Common trapkeeping important client data only in a Make data store, where the client cannot see or back it up easily.

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