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

# Datasources

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[localhost link]: http://localhost:3000/docs/4/fusion-server/concepts/indexing/datasources/overview

[mintlify link]: https://doc.lucidworks.com/docs/4/fusion-server/concepts/indexing/datasources/overview

[old doc.lw link]: https://doc.lucidworks.com/fusion-server/4.2/163

A [collection](/docs/4/fusion-server/concepts/indexing/collections/overview) includes one or more datasources. A datasource is a configuration that manages the import and indexing of data into the collection.

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The [Index Workbench](/docs/4/fusion-server/concepts/indexing/datasources/index-workbench) provides a development environment for creating, configuring, and testing a datasource configuration. Every datasource configuration includes the following:

* Connector configuration, specifying the source and format of the incoming data.
* Parser configuration, describing a series of conditional parsing stages to transform the incoming data into PipelineDocument objects.
* Index pipeline configuration, consisting of stages that transform PipelineDocument objects into Solr documents to be indexed.

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Collections and datasources can also be managed through the [REST API](/docs/4/fusion-server/reference/api/overview).