# Using Ember Data Model

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/using-ember-data-model/15518>\
**Category:** Ember Data\
**Created:** [September 20, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/using-ember-data-model/15518 "2018-09-20T18:07:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![harimath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@harimath](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/harimath)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/using-ember-data-model/15518/1 "2018-09-20T18:07:01Z")

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In an Ember app, is it a good idea to use data models for mapping attributes across different places in the app (in some route/controller/component, etc)

I think we need to use DS.Adapter to use models within Ember (have not tried it much though)

Are there any good practical examples of the same ? Essentially, I need it to map to server-side data models & may be match it to the XHR request payloads/JSON response