Excel Connection
Steps to develop a data connection based on the Excel file.
Check out the given illustration on how to create an Excel connection and associate it to a charting component.
Click the Data Connectors icon to display all the available data sources.
Click the Create New Connection icon provided next to the Excel option.
A new connection gets added under the Excel connection type.
The connection-specific details get displayed on the right side of the page.
Configure the following information:
Name: Name the connection.
Browse: Click the Browse icon to browse an Excel file.
Sheet Name: Select a specific sheet using the drop-down menu.
Load at Start: Enable this option to get the updated data from the data source before loading it into charts.
The Field Set tab displays all the fields after establishing the data connection.
Select the Condition tab and provide a condition to be applied as a filter on the selected data by putting checkmarks in the given boxes. E.g., The selected Conditions for the Category field is Catalog.
Please Note: Click on the Script on Load icon provided next to the connection to navigate to the Script tab where the user can trigger a script to produce some action on the connection.
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