> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tarsal.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How it works

> A Tarsal connector reaches out to your source, receives data, normalizes it, lets you optionally transform it, and then routes it to your end destination.

You can manage Tarsal connectors *directly from your browser*. You can configure
how frequently the data is synced, what data is replicated, and set up alerts if
logs are dropped.

Tarsal normalizes and cleans the data. The purpose of this normalization and
cleaning is to format the data in the optimal way for your analysis.

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  <Card title="Source">
    A source is an API, database, data warehouse, or wherever you want to extract
    data from.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Destination">
    A destination is a data warehouse, data lake, SIEM, or wherever you want to
    load your extracted data.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connector">
    A connector is a Tarsal component that pulls data from a source or pushes data
    to a destination.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connection">
    A connection is an automated data pipeline that normalizes and replicates data
    from a source to a destination.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>