VTL Engine Documentation
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The VTL Engine is a Python library that allows you to validate and run VTL scripts.
It is a Python-based library around the `VTL Language 2.0 <http://sdmx.org/?page_id=5096>`_

*VTL Language 2.1 will be supported soon, you can* `track our progress <https://github.com/Meaningful-Data/vtlengine/milestone/1>`_

Installation
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Requirements
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The VTL Engine requires Python 3.10 or higher.

Useful links
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- `MeaningfulData: who we are <https://www.meaningfuldata.eu>`_
- `Source Code <https://github.com/Meaningful-Data/vtlengine>`_
- `PyPI link <https://pypi.org/project/vtlengine>`_
- `Bug Tracker <https://github.com/Meaningful-Data/vtlengine/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Abug>`_
- `New features Tracker <https://github.com/Meaningful-Data/vtlengine/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aenhancement>`_


Install with pip
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To install the VTL Engine on any Operating System, you can download it from `pip <https://pypi.org/project/vtlengine>`_:

.. code-block:: bash

    pip install vtlengine

.. important::
    It is recommended to install any python package in a virtual environment.
    Please follow `these steps <https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/>`_

.. toctree::

    index
    walkthrough
    api