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A container that holds the data you upload to Analytics.
- Data Sets are an essential component of the Data Import feature.
- A Data Set's type corresponds to the specific type of data you want to import. For example, there are Data Set types for User Data, Cost Data, Content Data, etc.
- When you create a Data Set, you define a schema, which is the structure that joins the data you upload with the existing data in your hits.