# Synchronization Methods

Verb's data synchronization process supports various ingestion methods based on the capabilities of your data source.  Properly configuring data synchronization will help provide the most up-to-date data in your dashboard collections.

For data sources such as Excel and CSV files, data tends to change less often than data generated by an application database.  A an application that generates data occasionally will likewise use a different synchronization method that an application with a high volume of data ingress.

Verb generally supports the following synchronization methods for data sources

* [Full ](https://docs.verbdata.com/data-sources/data-synchronization/synchronization-methods/full-synchronization)- A complete refresh of all data in the data source.
* [Incremental ](https://docs.verbdata.com/data-sources/data-synchronization/synchronization-methods/incremental-synchronization)- Changes are tracked incrementally added based on a user-specified database field.  New data created since the last synchronization attempt is ingested.
* [Change Tracking (CT)](https://docs.verbdata.com/data-sources/data-synchronization/synchronization-methods/change-tracking) - Uses a database's built-in Change Tracking to query the net changes since the last synchronization attempt.  Only changed data is ingested.
* [Change Data Capture (CDC)](https://docs.verbdata.com/data-sources/data-synchronization/synchronization-methods/change-data-capture) - Uses a database's built-in Change Data Capture to query the change tables and related metadata to track the net changes since the last synchronization attempt.  Only changed data is ingested.