Sources

How sources work in Galaxy

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   Sources — where your data lives.

   A source is any system Galaxy can read from: your CRM, your data warehouse, project trackers, support desks, or the documents in Google Drive. You connect it once with credentials, and Galaxy handles the rest.

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   Syncs — how data moves.

   Each source runs one or more syncs — scheduled jobs that pull records into the Galaxy data lake on an interval you choose, from every few minutes to once a day. Syncs are incremental, so only what changed moves.

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   Status — always know what's fresh.

   Every source and sync reports its health: when it last ran, how many records it moved, and whether anything is failing. You see throughput at a glance and get alerted when a sync falls behind.

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   Built-in connectors.

   Galaxy ships pre-built connectors for CRMs, databases, warehouses, and document stores — so most sources are live in minutes, not weeks.