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title: Data Modeling and Database Design | Shopware Community Hub
description: >-
  In this module we will review the way Shopware handles data, extending it, and
  how its stored
canonical_url: >-
  https://hub.shopware.com/learn/course/solutions-architect-datamodeling-database-design
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# Data Modeling and Database Design

# Data Modeling and Database Design

In this course, you will learn more on the ways Shopware handles the storage and manipulation of data.

## Learning Units

## Units
- [Shopware Database Introduction](/learn/unit/solutions-architect-shopware-database-introduction): A primer on how Shopware leverages databases to persist data.
- [Designing Custom Entities](/learn/unit/solutions-architect-designing-custom-entities): Learn more on how to introduce custom entities for persisting project-specific data
- [Data Migration and Import/Export Strategies](/learn/unit/solutions-architect-data-migration-and-import-export-strategies): Primer on migrating data from other platforms into Shopware, and leveraging different approaches to important and exporting data