Data flow

Before integrating, it helps to understand how your data moves through Endear. Records enter from your systems, pass through several stages inside the Endear data platform on GCP, and become available to your applications and the API.

flowchart TB
  ingest["1 · Data ingestion<br/>API · CSV · FTP · etc."]:::external

  subgraph endear["Endear data platform"]
    direction TB
    validate["2 · Validation"]
    transform["3 · Transformation / normalization"]
    persist["4 · Persistence"]
    indexing["5 · Indexing"]
    retrieve["6 · Retrieval"]
    validate --> transform --> persist --> indexing --> retrieve
  end

  access["7 · Application and API access"]:::external

  ingest --> validate
  retrieve --> access

  classDef external fill:#f6f6f6,stroke:#bbb,stroke-dasharray:4 4,color:#333;

Stages

1. Data ingestion — You push records into Endear via the GraphQL API, CSV imports, FTP, or another supported integration.
2. Validation — Endear checks required fields, types, and basic referential integrity. See Bulk endpoint guidance.
3. Transformation / normalization — Records are mapped into Endear's data model.
4. Persistence — Normalized records are stored.
5. Indexing — Stored records are indexed so they can be searched, filtered & aggregated.
6. Retrieval — Indexed data is served to downstream consumers.
7. Application & API access — Your apps, the Endear app, and the API read the processed data.