1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <topic id="textscalcguidedatabase_definexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Database Ranges</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <filename>/text/scalc/guide/database_define.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </meta> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <body> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154758"><bookmark_value>tables; database ranges</bookmark_value> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>database ranges; defining</bookmark_value> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>ranges; defining database ranges</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <bookmark_value>defining;database ranges</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154758" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski oldref="31"><variable id="database_define"><link href="text/scalc/guide/database_define.xhp" name="Defining Database Ranges">Defining a Database Range</link> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153768" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="81">You can define a range of cells in a spreadsheet to use as a database. Each row in this database range corresponds to a database record and each cell in a row corresponds to a database field. You can sort, group, search, and perform calculations on the range as you would in a database.</paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145801" role="warning" l10n="CHG" oldref="82">You can only edit and access a database range in the spreadsheet that contains the range. You cannot access the database range in the %PRODUCTNAME Data Sources view. </paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10648" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">To define a database range</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <list type="ordered"> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155064" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="41">Select the range of cells that you want to define as a database range.</paragraph> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10654" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Define Range</item>.</paragraph> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153715" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="72">In the <emph>Name</emph> box, enter a name for the database range.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1066A" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>More</emph>.</paragraph> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154253" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="42">Specify the options for the database range.</paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <listitem> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10675" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </list> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <section id="relatedtopics"> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_sort.xhp#database_sort"/> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_filter.xhp#database_filter"/> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </section> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski </body> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument>