Selecting and Adding a Data Source

How to:

You can use Power Painter to access a Data Source to build reports and perform ad hoc analysis. You can open and work with Master Files by using the Data Sources palette in Power Painter.


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Procedure: How to Open a Data Source
  1. Upon opening the Power Painter tool, you are prompted to select a Data Source, as shown in the following image. Select a Master File and click OK.

    Open Data Source

    The fields from the Data Source are available in the Data Sources palette.

    Note:

    • This step is optional. You can open or close Data Sources in Power Painter at any time.
    • If you close Power Painter at this point without any other activity, you will be prompted to save. Saving will preserve the reference to the selected Master file, which allows Power Painter to point to that Master file the next time it is opened from the same domain component. In this case, you will not be prompted for a Data Source when Power Painter opens.
  2. To open a new Data Source, click the Open a new data source Open new data source button from the Data Sources palette toolbar.

    The Open dialog box appears prompting you to select a Data Source.


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Procedure: How to Close a Data Source

Note: If there is a report or graph object on the canvas that is referencing data from an open Data Source, you will not be able to close the Data Source unless you delete the associated object.

To close an open Data Source, click the Close current data source Close current data source button from the Data Sources palette toolbar.

The fields are removed from the Data Source palette.


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