{% assign title = "Data Dependency" %} {% assign definition = site.data.data_mine.data_dependency %} {% assign preposition = "a" %} {% assign plural = "" %} {% if include.more == "yes" and include.heading == "more" %}

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{% endif %} {% if include.heading != "" and include.heading != "more" %} {{include.heading}} {{title}} {% endif %} {% if include.icon != "no" %} {% if include.table == "yes" and include.icon != "no" %}

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{% endif %} {% if include.content != "no" %} Most bots consume data other bots have produced. Because bots need the data as input for their calculations, processes establish a data dependency with the dataset definitions of other bots. The reference provides the process with all the information needed to decode the dataset, enabling it to perform the required calculations. [](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/13994516/68993034-7840df00-0873-11ea-804d-d24e88ce25f7.gif) The image above shows data dependencies in one bot referencing dataset definitions of another bot. {% endif %} {% if include.more == "yes" and include.content != "more" and include.heading != "more" %}

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{% endif %} {% if include.adding != "" %} {{include.adding}} Adding {{preposition}} {{title}} Node To add a data dependency, select *Add Data Dependency* on the process dependencies node menu. {% include tip.html content="Remember that a data dependency must establish a reference to the appropriate dataset definition." %} {% endif %} {% if include.configuring != "" %} {{include.configuring}} Configuring the {{title}} XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX {% endif %} {% if include.starting != "" %} {{include.starting}} Starting {{preposition}} {{title}} XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX {% endif %} {% if include.more == "yes" %}

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