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+ <topic id="textscalcguidedatabase_definexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
+ <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Defining Database Ranges</title>
+ <filename>/text/scalc/guide/database_define.xhp</filename>
+ </topic>
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+ <body>
+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154758"><bookmark_value>tables; database ranges</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>database ranges; defining</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>ranges; defining database ranges</bookmark_value>
+ <bookmark_value>defining;database ranges</bookmark_value>
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+<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3154758" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U"
+ oldref="31"><variable id="database_define"><link href="text/scalc/guide/database_define.xhp" name="Defining Database Ranges">Defining a Database Range</link>
+</variable></paragraph>
+ <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>
+ <list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <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>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10654" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">Data - Define Range</item>.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <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>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1066A" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>More</emph>.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154253" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="42">Specify the options for the database range.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10675" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ </list>
+ <section id="relatedtopics">
+ <embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_sort.xhp#database_sort"/>
+ <embed href="text/scalc/guide/database_filter.xhp#database_filter"/>
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