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description: To ingest vehicle and customer data into Data Cloud, connect your external data source to Data Cloud. For example, you can bring in data from your telematics providers to analyze vehicle health and monitor driver performance. You can also bring in data from dealer management systems and captive finance systems related to customer behavior, revenue and sales history, and financial information.
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# Ingest External Automotive Data into Data Cloud

To ingest vehicle and customer data into Data Cloud, connect your external data source to Data Cloud. For example, you can bring in data from your telematics providers to analyze vehicle health and monitor driver performance. You can also bring in data from dealer management systems and captive finance systems related to customer behavior, revenue and sales history, and financial information.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

Depending on the data source, there are various prebuilt connectors to bring external data into Data Cloud. Review the Data Cloud documentation and complete the steps to set up and ingest data.

- [Ingestion API](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-int/guide/c360-a-ingestion-api.html)

- [Data Source Configuration in Data Cloud](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_connection_tasks.htm&type=5&language=en_US)

- [Connect and Ingest Data in Data Cloud](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_ingestion.htm&type=5&language=en_US)

- [MuleSoft Anypoint Connector for Salesforce Data Cloud](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-int/guide/c360-a-mulesoft.html)

After you connect your external data source to Data Cloud, create connections to map the Automotive Data Lake Objects (DLOs) and the Automotive Data Model Objects (DMOs). Before you map a data object to a data space, review [Data Mapping](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_mapping.htm&type=5&language=en_US) to understand the requirements and DMO relationships.