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title: Sinks
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# Sinks
Sinks define where Data Prepper writes your data to.
## General options for all sink types
The following table describes options you can use to configure the `sinks` sink.
Option | Required | Type | Description
:--- | :--- | :--- | :---
routes | No | List | List of routes that the sink accepts. If not specified, the sink accepts all upstream events.
