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External data can be databases or other systems. See here for the currently available connectors. The source must be at least accessible by the backend of portrait.
Sources defines and therefore limits are integrated reindex engines that implement a smart algorithm for keeping source data and index in sync. Sources therefore define and limit what data is pulled from external. A source can detect if data was added, updated or deleted. How often data is pulled, is defined by a reindex interval.
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