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3. Clicktheiconofthequeryyouwanttofindoutabout.
4. clicktheDefinitiontab.
Theinformationappearsinthebottomrightcornerofthedialogbox.
Purging and deleting data providers
What'sthedifferencebetweenpurginganddeletingadataprovider?Purging
meansemptyingadataproviderofitsresults,deletingmeansgettingridof
thedataproviderforgood—anactionthatcannotbeundone.
Whypurgeordeleteadataprovider?Purgingreducesthesizeofadocument,
soisusefulwhenyouwanttosendthedocumenttootherusers,orsaveit
onyourharddrive,forexample.Youshouldonlydeleteadataprovider,
however,ifyouarecertainthatyouandotherusersnolongerneedit.
Topurgeordeleteadataprovider
1. Openthedocumentcontainingthedataprovider.
2. ClickViewDataontheDatamenu.
TheDataManagerappears.
3. Clicktheiconofthequeryyouwanttopurgeordelete.
4. ClickPurge/Delete.
5. ClickYesintheconfirmationboxthatappears
6. ClickOKtoclosetheDataManager.
Tip:YoucanpopulateapurgeddataproviderbyclickingRefreshDataon
theDatamenu.Notethatthiscommandrefreshesallthedataprovidersin
theactivedocument.
Using data providers efficiently
Ifyouhavemultiplereportsonseparatereporttabsandthesereportsdraw
theirdatafromthesamesource,youdonotneedtocreateaseparatedata
providerforeachreport.Insteadyoucreatea"base"dataproviderthat
containsthedatausedbyallthereports.Thisapproachisbetterbecause
DesktopIntelligenceperformsonedataretrievalforeachdataprovider;itis
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