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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Select Data Source</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3143268" xml-lang="en-US" level="1">Select Data Source</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148552" xml-lang="en-US">Select the database and the table or query containing the data that you want to use.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154140" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Selection</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125863" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">You can only select databases that are registered in %PRODUCTNAME.</ahelp> To register a data source, choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - %PRODUCTNAME Base - Databases</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3151041" xml-lang="en-US" level="3">Database</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156424" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/scalc/ui/selectdatasource/database">Select the database that contains the data source that you want to use.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145364" xml-lang="en-US" level="3">Data source</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149260" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/scalc/ui/selectdatasource/datasource">Select the data source that you want to use.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147428" xml-lang="en-US" level="3">Type</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150010" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/scalc/ui/selectdatasource/type">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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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147348" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/scalc/01/12090102.xhp">Pivot table dialog</link></paragraph>
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