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title: Unify
sidebarTitle: Introduction
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MindsDB enables unifying data from structured and unstructured data sources into a single, queryable interface. This unified view allows seamless querying and model-building across all data without consolidation into one system.

* **Federated query engine** <br></br>
Query across multiple data sources as if they were a single database.

* **Structured and unstructured data support** <br></br>
Unify relational data, documents, vector data, and more in one place.

* **No data transformation required** <br></br>
Use data in its native format without the need for preprocessing.

This documentation includes the following content.

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    <Card title="Knowledge Bases" icon="link" href="/mindsdb_sql/knowledge_bases/overview">Index and organize unstructured data for efficient retrieval.</Card>
    <Card title="Views" icon="link" href="/mindsdb_sql/sql/create/view">Simplify data access by creating unified views across different sources.</Card>

    <Card title="Projects" icon="link" href="/mindsdb_sql/sql/create/project">Organize views, knowledge bases, and models into projects.</Card>
    <Card title="Functions" icon="link" href="/mindsdb_sql/functions/custom_functions">Operate on data using functions.</Card>
    
    <Card title="Jobs" icon="link" href="/mindsdb_sql/sql/create/jobs">Schedule tasks with jobs.</Card>
    <Card title="Triggers" icon="link" href="/mindsdb_sql/sql/create/trigger">Set up triggering events on data.</Card>

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