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title: "Webinar Series: 'Did You Know?' | Part 3 - Developing Interfaces 101"
description: Our most recent webinar details how to effectively build interfaces on Iguana using best practices that can help ensure your Iguana will not run into these common issues down the road.
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# Iguana Webinar Series: 'Did You Know?' | Part 3 - Developing Interfaces 101

Originally presented on November 3rd, 2021.

**By Obner Usi, Technical Support Engineer**

[ Replay Webinar ](https://youtu.be/OSPBP90RLZo)

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## Overview: Developing Interfaces 101

In part three of our four-part Iguana ‘Did You Know?’ webinar series, we explored how to effectively build interfaces on Iguana using best practices to ensure your Iguana will not run into common issues down the road.

Listen to iNTERFACEWARE’s own Technical Support Engineer, Obner Usi, as he outlines how to:

- Apply design considerations to Iguana channels to improve scalability, performance, and reliability
- Deep dive on Lua Programming in the Iguana Translator to advance your coding skills
- Explore different non-HL7 v2 data types (e.g CDA, X12, FHIR) to understand how Iguana handles a variety of HL7 structures
- Learn Database Integration Tips and Tricks to build fast and reliable database integrations

*Note: This live webinar was originally presented on November 3rd, 2021.*

## Webinar Resources

Download the complete set of webinar slides here:

- **Developing Interfaces 101 PPT Slides:** ([Download PDF](https://info.interfaceware.com/hubfs/Did%20You%20Know%20-%20Nov%20Webinar.pptx))

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## Questions & Answers

##### Can we translate .csv or .xlsx to HL7 format ?

You can use Iguana to translate .csv to HL7. When working with excel files, these need to be ocnverted to .csv first. For more information, refer to the help document below. Also, check out hte .csv [module](https://help.interfaceware.com/v6/csv-lua-module) to parse inbound .csv files!

[Help Document](https://help.interfaceware.com/kb/606/4)

##### Are those X12 vmd's you showed all available for "free"?

We have the X12 HIPAA Transaction v4010 and v5010 VMDs available to import on our Help Center. For more information, refer to the help document below.

[Help document](https://help.interfaceware.com/v6/working-with-x12#menu4)

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