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 # workflow.data.preparation
 
 `workflow.data.preparation` orchestrates the PACTA data preparation process, combining production, financial, scenario, and currency data into a format suitable for use in a PACTA for investors analysis. Assuming that the computing resource being used has sufficient memory (which can be >16Gb depending on the inputs), storage space, and access to the necessary inputs, this is intended to work on a desktop or laptop using RStudio or run using the included [Dockerfile](https://github.com/RMI-PACTA/workflow.data.preparation/blob/main/Dockerfile) and [docker-compose.yml](https://github.com/RMI-PACTA/workflow.data.preparation/blob/main/docker-compose.yml).