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title: Data preparation
description: How to add, profile, and wrangle data in Workbench.
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# Data preparation {: #data-preparation }

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DataRobot’s wrangling capabilities give you the ability to prepare data and engineer features with a no-code interface to see transformations in real time&mdash;reducing the time from data to model.

This section covers the following topics:

Topic   |   Describes...
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[Add data](wb-add-data/index)  | Add datasets to your Use Case from a local file, data connection, or the Data Registry.
[Wrangle data](wb-wrangle-data/index)  | Interactively prepare data for modeling without moving it from your data source to generate a new output dataset.
[Datasets](wb-data-tab)  | Manage the datasets linked to your Use Case and access exploratory data insights.
[Reference](wb-data-ref) | View connection capabilities, feature considerations, and other reference material for Data preparation.
