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| <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Database Ranges</title> |
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| <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153768" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="81">You can define a range of cells in a spreadsheet to use as a database. Each row in this database range corresponds to a database record and each cell in a row corresponds to a database field. You can sort, group, search, and perform calculations on the range as you would in a database.</paragraph> |
| <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145801" role="warning" l10n="CHG" oldref="82">You can only edit and access a database range in the spreadsheet that contains the range. You cannot access the database range in the %PRODUCTNAME Data Sources view. </paragraph> |
| <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10648" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">To define a database range</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155064" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="41">Select the range of cells that you want to define as a database range.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10654" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Define Range</item>.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153715" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="72">In the <emph>Name</emph> box, enter a name for the database range.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1066A" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>More</emph>.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154253" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="42">Specify the options for the database range.</paragraph> |
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| <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10675" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> |
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