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A common task in PhixFlow is to read data from a database. This example shows how to read data from a CRM database from , which is hosted on a local instance of SQL Server 2008, but the same principles aplply apply for other daatabase database platforms on networks or in the cloud.

Step-by-step guide

1. Add a new datasource Datasource to your model and Select the driver class to match your database and check all three checkboxes on the details tab
2. Click on Datasource Instances and add a new instance providig providing the connection string, username and password as shown below. (For SQL Server, the connection string speciifces specifies the Server, SQL Server Instance and Database)
3. Save and cloe teh close the Datasource.
4. Hover over the datasource Datasource and seelct select Add a new database collector
5. Check both the checkboxes on the details tab and save. 
6. Add a SELECT query to the query string tab and test by clciking clicking the Run query button. You shoud should see results from the table in your query
7. Save and close the dataase database collector.
8. Hover over the database collector and select Create a new stream using the attributes returned by the query
9. View the attribute expressions to confirm that each column in the query has been configured 
10. Run analysis on the stream and view the results

Sample Model for reading from a Database

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Connection String for Local Instance of SQL Server

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 Attributes configured automatically from the SELECT Query

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