1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 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 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textscalc0112090101xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Select Data Source</title> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/scalc/01/12090101.xhp</filename> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<history> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2005-11-11T15:15:36">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</history> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143268" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1">Select Data Source</paragraph> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Select the database and the table or query containing the data that you want to use.</paragraph> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="howtoget"> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <embed href="text/scalc/00/00000412.xhp#dndq"/> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154140" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Selection</paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125863" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="4"><ahelp hid=".">You can only select databases that are registered in %PRODUCTNAME.</ahelp> To register a data source, choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME Base - Databases</emph>.</paragraph> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:ListBox:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:LB_DATABASE" id="bm_id3154684" localize="false"/> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151041" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="5">Database</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156424" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><ahelp hid="SC:LISTBOX:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:LB_DATABASE">Select the database that contains the data source that you want to use.</ahelp></paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:ComboBox:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:CB_OBJECT" id="bm_id3151112" localize="false"/> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145364" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="7">Data source</paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149260" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"><ahelp hid="SC:COMBOBOX:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:CB_OBJECT">Select the data source that you want to use.</ahelp></paragraph> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:ListBox:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:LB_OBJTYPE" id="bm_id3153726" localize="false"/> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147428" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="9">Type</paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150010" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="SC:LISTBOX:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:LB_OBJTYPE">Click the source type of for the selected data source.</ahelp> You can choose from four source types: "Table", "Query" and "SQL" or SQL (Native).</paragraph> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147348" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11"><link href="text/scalc/01/12090102.xhp" name="Pivot table dialog">Pivot table dialog</link></paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 62