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title: Analytics Flows and Processors
slug: manufacturing-connect-edge/analytics-flows-and-processors
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createdAt: 2022-10-18T18:03:53.000Z
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Analytics flows are used to collect data, process that data, and then export that data to your individual configurations. 

Flows are made up of processors and require at least one input processor, one function processor, and one output processor. See [Input Processors](docId\:SU8Qof2fEGkuClAQhy6lB) and [Output Processors](docId\:Ng545Tvryehwy8OboTzT_) for details. 

To create an entire flow at once, see [Create an Analytics Flow](docId\:lwduYgQAPeDv9gmRcAmQR). To add an individual processor to the Analytics canvas, see [Add Processors and Processor Connections](docId\:F5DEFUT4nZXZnYR8HSUpS).  

# Next Steps

- [Create an Analytics Flow](docId\:lwduYgQAPeDv9gmRcAmQR) 
- [Add Processors and Processor Connections](docId\:F5DEFUT4nZXZnYR8HSUpS) 
- [Manage Processors and Analytics Flows](docId\:z4V8HYSFUqfXuwPYImF9c)