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# import-from-dbf-file

## Description

<mark style="color:purple;">`import-from-dbf-file`</mark> *adaptor reads data from a dBASE (`.dbf`) file*.

A DBF file is a standard database file used by dBASE, a database management system application, which is supported by several other database systems. This adaptor imports the file into Data-flo to make it available to other adaptors for processing.

## Inputs

**`dbf`**\
Type: `file`\
Required: Yes\
A dBASE (`.dbf`) file.

## Outputs

**`data`**\
Type: `datatable`\
Data read from the file.

## Examples

### Example 1: Default behaviour.

#### Inputs:

`dbf:` country.dbf

#### Outputs:

`data`:

```
| id  | code | name           |
| --- | ---- | -------------- |
| 1   | GB   | United Kingdom |
| 2   | TR   | Turkey         |
| 3   | US   | United States  |
```

-> Imported the dbf file `country.dbf` into Data-flo.

## Use Cases

* Enables users to retrieve files from a dBASE file data management system for further processing and transformation in Data-flo