# Merged Connection

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Check out the given walk-through on how to create a data connection based on the multiple merged connections and associate it to a charting component.
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* Click the **Data Connectors** icon.
* Create new connections using any data connector option (In this case, Excel connections are created. E.g., Connection-1, Connection-2).
* Create a connection under the ***Merged Data*** connector. (E.g., Connection-3).
* Configure the new connection created for Merged data by mapping the created Excel connections.
* Define a condition via the drop-down menu in the Criteria space. (E.g. ***Equal*** or ***Not Equal***)
* Click the ***Create Criteria*** icon.
* The Merged Fields displays all the data fields from the merged connections.

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* The users can remove the fields added to the merged data connection using the ***Remove***  icon.

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* After clicking the ***Create Criteria*** icon, the created criteria get added to space.

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* Trigger a script to produce some action on the connection part using the ‘**Script on Load**’  icon.

### Creating a Calculated Field

Select the ***Calculated Fields*** tab to access Calculated Field Editor and add the calculated fields.

* Click the ***Calculated Fields*** tab.
* Click the ***Add*** icon.

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* The Calculated Field Editor window opens.
* Provide a title for the calculated field.
* Insert calculation formula inside the Script Editor space.
* Click the ***Create*** option. &#x20;

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* The newly created Calculated field gets added under the ***Calculated Fields*** tab.

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