By the end of this chapter page you will be able to:

Create a new datasource

1. From the model toolbar, drag a 

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    onto the model.
2. In the new datasource settings form that opens, enter the Name: CRM
3. In the settings toolbar, click 

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4. PhixFlow adds the new datasource to your model. In the model toolbar, click 

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5. You will now add more settings to the datasource.
6. In the Basic Settings section:
   
   • Enabled: tick
   • Driver Class: select MariaDB
7. The Datasource Instances section has its own toolbar. Click 

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   . PhixFlow opens the settings for a new datasource instance. Set:
   
   • Name: Default
   • Enabled: tick
   • URL: jdbc:mariadb://localhost/phixflow
   • Anonymous Username: cview
   • Password: cview
   • Click 

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      to finish and close the datasource instance settings.
8. Back in the datasource settings, click 

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    to finish and close.

Create a database collector from the datasource schema browser

1. In your model, hover your mouse pointer over the 

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    icon. In the pop-up toolbar, click  

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   Info
   If you cannot see the table required it might be on another page. You can filter on the table name header, or use the paging bar to increase the page size or select the next page.

   
   

2. In the list of tables that PhixFlow opens, scroll down to the SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS table name.
   1. To have a look at the data in this table, double-click its name.
   2. You can see there are columns for ##CUSTOMER_REF and ##PHONE_NUMBER.
   3. Close this data form
3. Right-click SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS and in the pop-up menu, select Create a Collector. PhixFlow adds a new database collector  to your model, which reads data from the table SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS.
4. Double-click on the new database collector to open its settings.
5. In the Basic Settings section → Statement Expression field, you can see that PhixFlow has added a database query.
6. Close the database collector settings.
7. In the model, click 

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