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You create a workbook in Datameer that connects to one or more of these sources of data which you can then use to do analysis. For example, you could use sales data from your corporate database, twitter feeds, customer call logging data--all from different sources as the basis for your analysis. See 1Working with Working With Workbooks to learn how to connect to one or more data sources.
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The data saved with a workbook is available for use when visualizing data or when creating an export job. You choose what data gets saved in the Save Workbook settings page. See 1Working with Working With Workbooks to learn more.
Optimize Performance
By saving only the information you need, you can conserve disk storage space and reduce the time needed to calculate your jobs. In the Save Workbook settings you can discard the intermediate steps. See 1Working with Working With Workbooks to learn more.
System administrators can also optimize performance by optimizing the configuration of the Hadoop cluster. See the Hadoop and Datameer page.
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