## Flow zone: Input Data
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This zone contains all the input datasets selected by the user during the **Project Setup**.

These datasets are automatically **shared** from their source project and **synchronized** into this project using **Sync recipes**. This ensures that the flow always works with up-to-date data, without modifying the original datasets.

The most common inputs include:
- The **sales dataset** (required)
- Optionally: **pricing**

If a **pricing dataset** is provided, a **Join recipe** is also automatically created to merge pricing information with the main sales dataset. This prepares the data for downstream modeling steps where price is used as an external driver, alongside with discount percentage.

Each selected dataset is automatically placed in this zone and prepared for further processing in the modeling flow.

⚠️ All Sync and Join recipes in this zone are generated and maintained automatically. We strongly advise against manually editing or moving them, as this may disrupt the automation logic.