In this chapter, we have looked into some of the different types of data that can be imported into your project. We have looked into the import of relational data sources since these will be the main data source for many of our projects, and we have also looked into the use of stored procedures as a data source within a relational database. We have briefly mentioned OLAP data sources since they do not require any additional modeling for your project.
To follow the rules established in Chapter 2, Proven Practice, we will have to import our data sources into the data layer of our Framework Manager model.
In the next chapter, we will look at modeling our data sources to create the necessary relationship between objects. We will also look at the rules for cardinality and determinants.