How do you create a source of data?

What are sources of data?

A data source is the location where data that is being used originates from. A data source may be the initial location where data is born or where physical information is first digitized, however even the most refined data may serve as a source, as long as another process accesses and utilizes it.

What is used to create new data source?

Answer: DataSource is a name given to the connection set up to a database from a server. The name is commonly used when creating a query to the database. The data source name (DSN) need not be the same as the filename for the database.

What is a data source example?

Data sources can point to: A database in a specific location (for example, a local database, such as E1Local located in \E900\data, or an IBM i data library, such as PRODDATA) A specific machine in the enterprise that processes logic.

How do you create a data source in Word table?

Open the source database, and in the Navigation Pane, select the table or query that you want use as the mail merge data source. On the External Data tab, in the Export group, click More  , and then click Merge it with Microsoft Office Word  . The Microsoft Word Mail Merge Wizard starts.