1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 302dbb15cSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4cdf0e10cSrcweir * 502dbb15cSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 602dbb15cSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 702dbb15cSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 802dbb15cSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 902dbb15cSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 1002dbb15cSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 1102dbb15cSAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12cdf0e10cSrcweir * 1302dbb15cSAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14cdf0e10cSrcweir * 1502dbb15cSAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 1602dbb15cSAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 1702dbb15cSAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 1802dbb15cSAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 1902dbb15cSAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 2002dbb15cSAndrew Rist * under the License. 21cdf0e10cSrcweir * 2202dbb15cSAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 2302dbb15cSAndrew Rist 24bfb37b88Smseidel<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textscalcguidedatabase_definexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Database Ranges</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/scalc/guide/database_define.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 32bfb37b88Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154758"> 33bfb37b88Smseidel<bookmark_value>tables; database ranges</bookmark_value> 34cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>database ranges; defining</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>ranges; defining database ranges</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>defining;database ranges</bookmark_value> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 38*64c1842fSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154758" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"><variable id="database_define"><link href="text/scalc/guide/database_define.xhp" name="Defining Database Ranges">Defining a Database Range</link> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 40*64c1842fSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153768" role="paragraph" l10n="U">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> 41*64c1842fSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145801" role="warning" l10n="CHG">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> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10648" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">To define a database range</paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="ordered"> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 45*64c1842fSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155064" role="listitem" l10n="CHG">Select the range of cells that you want to define as a database range.</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10654" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Define Range</item>.</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 51*64c1842fSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153715" role="listitem" l10n="U">In the <emph>Name</emph> box, enter a name for the database range.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1066A" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>More</emph>.</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 57*64c1842fSmseidel<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154253" role="listitem" l10n="U">Specify the options for the database range.</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10675" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_sort.xhp#database_sort"/> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_filter.xhp#database_filter"/> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 69