# Data Sheet

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Check out the given walk-through on how to create a Data Sheet connection under the Designer module and associate it to a charting component.
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* Click the ***Data Connectors*** icon  to display all the available data sources.
* Click the ***Create New Connection***  icon provided next to the ***Data Sheet*** connector.
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* The configurable connection-specific fields display on the right side of the page as explained below:
  * **Name:** Provide a name for the connection.
  * **Data Sheet:** Select a Data Sheet 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 will appear only when the ***Timely Refreshed*** field has been enabled.)
* The ***Field Set*** tab displays all the fields after establishing the data connection.

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