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“Data is knowledge, knowledge is power, and bad data equals bad decisions,” says Appian Senior Solutions Consultant Ben Crawley. We’ve all felt the sting of poorly integrated solutions, hard-to-access information, and sometimes, inaccurate data. This “bad data” is often the result of information that’s spread across different systems, creating data accuracy challenges and preventing you from having a single source of truth for your organization's information.

Have you recently felt your react codebase has become unmanageable and produces an exponential amount of bugs? If yes, using React as a standalone library might be the root of the problem. React codebase tends to expand quickly in the long run, making it harder for developers to maintain accuracy in the long run. One of the alternatives for building a sustainable codebase in React is to combine it with efficient programming languages such as Typescript.

Think about a time when insufficient information or inaccessible data slowed you down from completing an assignment. Or maybe a time when your work required a lot of manual data entry that caused human error and rework, taking time away from higher value tasks. These moments of process frustration and inefficiency are exactly what workflow optimization can help with. Workflow optimization describes the strategies and measures taken to improve the flow of tasks and make processes more efficient.

The POST method is a crucial part of the HTTP protocol that allows data submission from clients to servers. Unlike other methods like GET, POST sends data in the request body, making it ideal for secure and confidential information. By understanding the POST method, you can enable powerful functionalities such as form submissions, resource creation, and API operations. One of the distinguishing features of the POST method is its ability to handle sensitive and confidential data.

Elasticsearch Mapping is a process of defining the schema or structure of the data that is going to be indexed and searched. Mapping determines how Elasticsearch will interpret and handle the data being indexed, including the field names, data types, and how they are analyzed and indexed for search. Mapping in Elasticsearch is essential for ensuring that the data is indexed and searched accurately and efficiently.

In this guide, Viktor Gamov (Principle Developer Advocate at Kong) will dive into the power of Kong Konnect, the SaaS managed control plane for Kong Gateway designed for seamless API management. We’ll explore how to use Kong Konnect to configure external services, enable application registration, configure Dev Portal, use credentials to manage services access, and replicate configurations across different environments with just a few clicks. Let’s get started!