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2 In the Data Connect window, select Add SQL Server Spatial Connection
in the Data Connections By Provider list.
3 Under Connection Name, type a name for this connection.
You can give the connection any name you like. This name appears in
Map Explorer as the name of the feature source.
4 Enter the Service Name and click Login.
The service name is set when you install SQL Server Spatial itself.
5 In the
User Credentials dialog box (page 1610), specify the login credentials
to use to log into this data store.
■ To use your Windows Authentication credentials, select Windows
Authentication and click Login.
■ To use your SQL Server login credentials, enter your user name and
password and click Login.
6 In Data Connect, under Data Store, enter the data store name. If you do
not know this name, check with your System Administrator.
To select from a list of data stores, click the down arrow. AutoCAD Map
3D connects to the specified server and instance and lists the available
data stores.
7 Click Connect.
8 In the feature class list, select the feature classes to include in the map.
If this feature source contains only a single feature class, that feature class
is selected automatically. If it contains multiple feature classes, you can
right-click any of them and select Select All or Select None.
9 Click Add To Map.
To bring in a subset of the data, click the down arrow and select
Add To
Map With Query
(page 309). To filter data after you’ve added the data to
your map, see
Filtering Feature Layers (page 1216).
Quick Reference
Connect Feature Source
Connects a feature source
Click File ➤ Connect To Data.
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