# Zuar Runner Documentation

Welcome to the new and improved help documentation for Zuar Runner, the ETL+, Data Staging Tool by Zuar! 
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## Common Help Topics:

- [How do I use a Zuar Runner API Connector?](/connectors/index.html)
- [How do I use the different job types in Zuar Runner?](/jobs/index.html)
- [How do I connect to and pull data from different databases with Zuar Runner?](/databases/index.html)
- [How do I schedule sequences or jobs in Zuar Runner and receive an email alert when an error occurs?](/jobs/jobs-intro.html)
- [What are the recommended specs for hosting a Zuar Runner deployment?](/architecture/index.html)
- [I think something is wrong with Zuar Runner. How can I file a support ticket?](https://www.zuar.com/help)

## Getting the most out of Zuar Runner

Zuar Runner's primary purpose is to **automate** the: 
- Ingestion of data from any source (APIs, Databases, Files)
- Transforming, modeling, and preparing of data for analytics or distribution
- Transfer, output, or migrating of data to the destination of your choice (Databases, Files, Storage Systems)
- Orchestration of all of the above processes while simultaneously monitoring the health of these process and alerting you of any problems via email or webhooks (that can communicate with chat applications) 

.. figure:: assets/index__runner-diagram.png

   Zuar Runner workflow diagram

### Additional Zuar Runner Documentation Topics:
.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :titlesonly:

   user-interface/index
   jobs/index
   connectors/index
   databases/index
   api/index
   architecture/index
   user-guides/index
   reference/index
   release_notes/index