Configuring a Data Service Input Source

In this task you choose a data service (that produces a result set or XML output) as the source for your Input Source element.

  1. Double-click an Input Source element. The Input Source Properties dialog appears.
  2. (Optional) Edit the Name and Description for this element.
  3. If you didn’t drag a database operation or virtual database operation from Enterprise Explorer to create this Input Source element, you must identify the input source. On the Input Source tab, click Choose. The Input Source Chooser wizard appears.
  4. Select the option Another data service and click Next.
  5. On the Data Service Input Source page, choose a data service from the browser. You can find data services in the Enterprise Explorer view of the data catalog under Categories/ViewLibrary/DataServices.
  6. Click Finish to save your selections and close the wizard.
Next 

If this Input Source doesn’t supply data in a relational result set format, configure a transform for the data. Otherwise, configure error handling for this Input Source.

Related tasks
Configuring Input Source Error Handling for View Models
Configuring Transformations for Nonrelational Input Sources

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