Use sample data

Drop a sample dataset into your flow to start building before connecting your real data sources. Includes datasets shaped like Shopify, NetSuite, ShipHero, and more.

The Use sample data step drops a ready-made dataset onto your canvas so you can start building before you’ve connected your real data sources. It’s the fastest way to test transforms, prototype a flow, or see what data from a particular tool looks like.

Use sample data

Use this step when you want to play with Parabola’s transformation and visualization steps without setting up an integration first.

The step includes generic datasets like US census and stock market data, plus datasets shaped like the output of common integrations — Shopify, ShipHero, Salesforce, and NetSuite among others.

Using the step

Drag a Use sample data step from the Integrations tab onto the canvas. Double-click to view or change which sample dataset you’re working with.

Sample data options

• Generic datasets: census, stock market, etc.
• Tool-shaped datasets: these mimic what you’d get from a real integration. For example, “Shopify: Orders” returns a table that matches the shape of the Pull from Shopify step’s output, so transforms you build now will keep working when you swap in the real source.

Next steps

Once your sample data is loaded, think about it like a spreadsheet: would you filter? Calculate? Reformat dates? Once you know what you want to do, search the Transformations tab for the right step.

Related steps

• Filter rows — for testing filter logic on sample data
• Edit columns — to rename and reshape sample columns
• Visualize — to prototype a dashboard against sample data
• Pull from Shopify — when you’re ready to swap sample Shopify data for the real thing