Choosing Data Sources

Before you can begin to explore data in a project, you must select a data source for that information. You can select subject areas, Oracle applications, or uploaded data files (Microsoft Excel spreadsheets) as your data sources.

For example, if you want to explore product sales by region, you can select Sample Sales as the data source.

To choose data sources in a project:

  1. In the Add Data Source dialog, select the appropriate subject area or data source containing the data that you want to visualize. This dialog opens automatically when you create a new project.
    For more information, see Adding Data from External Sources.
  2. Click Add to Project.

    Note:

    To add data sources to an existing project, right-click the Data Elements pane, and then click the Add Data Source link. When you add two or more data sources to a project, they must be matched. Sometimes the system matches them automatically, but sometimes you need to match them manually using the Source Diagram option. If the data sources are not matched, then the additional data sources you added don’t display in the Data Elements pane, but will display in the Data Sources pane. See Blending Data that You Added for more information about how to match data sources.