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For example, to create a DSN for an Access database, select Microsoft
Access Driver.
5 In the ODBC Microsoft Access dialog box enter information about the
data. When you finish, click OK. Click OK again to close the ODBC Data
Source Administrator dialog box.
The DSN you defined appears in the DSN list in the Data Connect window.
To define the table ranges required to access Excel data
1 In Excel, open the Excel worksheet.
2 Select all the data.
3 Define a named range.
4 Enter a name for the feature class, for example, Country_Literacy.
5 Close Excel.
Quick Reference
Connect Feature Source
Connects a feature source
Click File Connect To Data.
Menu
Connect
Icon
MAPCONNECTCommand Line
In Display Manager click Data Connect to Data.
Task Pane
Bringing In Features from WFS
You can bring in web-based features that have been published to a public web
server using the WFS (Web Feature Service) open standard developed by the
Open GIS Consortium (OGC).
NOTE This topic applies to geospatial data. To bring in drawing (DWG) objects,
see
Overview of Bringing in Drawing Data From DWG Files (page 351).
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