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title: About Flex Connectors
description: "##### **Flex Connector is a SecurEnds term meaning, a method of ingesting data into the SecurEnds cloud without using a pre-built connector.** Most popular Flex Connectors: - Database Extract - 3 methods available - Table can be mapped using UI…"
url: "https://www.securends.com/documentation/flex_connectors/"
updated: "2025-02-27"
category: Connectors / Flex Connectors
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# About Flex Connectors

##### **Flex Connector is a SecurEnds term meaning, a method of ingesting data into the SecurEnds cloud without using a pre-built connector.**

Most popular Flex Connectors:

- Database Extract - 3 methods available
  - Table can be mapped using UI
  - SQL query or view can be applied
  - Stored Procedures can be called

- SFTP
  - Place CSV files onto your SFTP server to be picked up.

- Other methods available upon request

Check out instructions for [DB Extract](https://www.securends.com/documentation/db-extract/) and [FTP/SFTP](https://www.securends.com/documentation/ftp-sftp/).