---
title: Demo data files
description: In a production deployment, you can have any number of external data stores, such as Active Directory and PingDS (DS). For illustration purposes, this guide uses two simple static files as external data stores:
component: pingidm
version: 7.5
page_id: pingidm:getting-started:gsg-data-files
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingidm/7.5/getting-started/gsg-data-files.html
keywords: ["Getting Started", "Demo"]
---

# Demo data files

In a production deployment, you can have any number of external data stores, such as Active Directory and PingDS (DS). For illustration purposes, this guide uses two simple static files as external data stores:

* `hr.csv` represents the Human Resources data store. It is in CSV format, commonly used to share data between spreadsheet applications.

* `engineering.csv` represents the Engineering data store. It is also in CSV format.

You can find these files in the binary package that you downloaded earlier, in the following subdirectory: `openidm/samples/getting-started/data`.