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31cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textscalc0112090101xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
32cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Select Data Source</title>
33cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/scalc/01/12090101.xhp</filename>
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35cdf0e10cSrcweir<history>
36cdf0e10cSrcweir<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
37cdf0e10cSrcweir<lastedited date="2005-11-11T15:15:36">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143268" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1">Select Data Source</paragraph>
42cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154140" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Selection</paragraph>
47cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151041" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="5">Database</paragraph>
50cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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52cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145364" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="7">Data source</paragraph>
53cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
54cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/sc:ListBox:RID_SCDLG_DAPIDATA:LB_OBJTYPE" id="bm_id3153726" localize="false"/>
55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147428" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="9">Type</paragraph>
56cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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58cdf0e10cSrcweir<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>
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