1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5cdf0e10cSrcweir * 6*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*02dbb15cSAndrew Rist * with the License. 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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> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10648" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">To define a database range</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10654" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Define Range</item>.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir <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> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1066A" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>More</emph>.</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154253" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="42">Specify the options for the database range.</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10675" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir <section id="relatedtopics"> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_sort.xhp#database_sort"/> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_filter.xhp#database_filter"/> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>