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# Data Service Connection
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Check out the given illustration on how to create a Data Service connection and associate it to a charting component.
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* Click the ***Data Connector*****s** icon to display all the available data sources.
* Click the ***Create New Connection*** icon provided next to the ***Data Service*** connector.
* A new connection gets added under the Data Service connector type.
* The configurable connection-specific fields display on the right side of the page as explained below:
* **Name:** Name the connection.
* **Data Connectors:** Select a data source from the drop-down menu.
* **Data Services:** Select a data service from the drop-down menu.
* **Load at Start:** Enable this option to get up-to-date data / pull the updated data from the data source before loading it into charts.
* **Timely Refresh:** Enable this option to get the refreshed data.
* **Refresh Interval:** Set the time for refresh interval. (This field appears when the ***Timely*** ***Refresh*** the field has been enabled.)
* The ***Field Set*** tab displays all the fields after establishing the data connection.
Please Note:
* Click the ***Reload Data Sources*** icon to reload the existing data connectors.
* Click the ***Refresh Service*** icon to refresh all the available data services.
* The users can filter the targeted data set using the ***Condition*** option.