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title: "Input connectors"
date: "2024-03-21T15:28:58+00:00"
summary: "Manage integrations, monitor upstream data, and track real-time inputs with input connectors. View details, schedules, and statuses."
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Input connectors help you to manage integrations and become up-to-date on your upcoming source systems.

You can:

*   **Monitor upstream integrations:** Monitor upstream integrations to view integration details, including present and past activities.

Features
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The following are the features of input connectors:

*   **View connector details**: View connector details of the Batch input connectors and track past activities and performance.
*   **Timestamps**: View timestamps for data inputs to get information on when the system receives and processes data.
*   **Current status**: View real-time status of data inputs.
*   **Schedules**: View schedules for input connectors to manage data feeds.
*   **Monitoring display**: View the Batch and Real-Time input connectors associated with internal or external instances.
    *   **Batch**: These connectors are scheduled to ingest data from SFTP sources at regular intervals.
    *   **Real-Time**: These connectors ingest data continuously by APIs.

Use cases
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The following are the use cases of input connectors:

*   **Tabs monitoring overview**: Use the Batch and Real-Time tabs to view alert notifications and the number of failed connectors. To view the connectors with **Failed** status, click the applicable tab.
*   **Monitor and view upstream batch data and real-time inputs**: Check the status of data inputs and view the connector details, timestamps, and current status of each input connector. You can distinguish between real-time and scheduled data.
*   **Detailed upstream ingestion view**: View connector ingestion details.

For information on how to add and view input connectors, see [Adding and viewing input connectors](/customer-data-platform/adding-and-viewing-input-connectors "Adding and viewing input connectors").