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4 Select the Hold Open for Application Lifetime check box, if you
want to keep the database link open until you exit Autodesk Navisworks.
5 Specify which table in the database to query:
In the SQL String field, click after SELECT, and enter the selection
statement, for example: SELECT * FROM tblBoilerData WHERE
"NWUniqueID" = %prop("Entity Handle", "Value");
This statement instructs Autodesk Navisworks to select all columns from
the tblBoilerData table, whilst requiring that the column called
NWUniqueID matches a category/property pair called Entity Handle/Value.
6 Select which columns you want to display as link categories on the
Properties window:
a Double-click the Fields Name field, and type the exact name of
the database column, for example: Part-time.
b Press ENTER.
The Display Name is automatically completed for you, but you
can click it, and enter a different name, if you want. The text
entered here is the category name shown on the link tab of the
Properties window.
c Repeat the above process to list all required categories in the Fields
area of the dialog box.
7 Click OK.
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