Sources and Targets

Sources

A source defines properties of the system that Jitterbit connects to and retrieves data from. The system properties vary depending on the type of source you choose. Jitterbit supports these data types as sources:

• Database Source
• File Share (SMB) Source
• FTP Site Source
• Global Variable Source
• HTTP Source
• LDAP Source
• Local File Source
• Temporary Storage

Targets

A target defines the properties of a system that Jitterbit needs to connect to and post data to. The system properties vary depending on the type of target you choose. Jitterbit supports these target types:

• Database Target
• Email Target
• File Share (SMB) Target
• FTP Site Target
• Global Variable Target
• HTTP Target
• LDAP Target
• Local File Target
• Salesforce Wave Analytics (Einstein Analytics) Cloud Dataset
• Temporary Storage Target

Compressed Sources and Targets

File compression functionality is available for Jitterbit File Share, FTP Site, Local File, and Temporary Storage source and target files.