External Databases External DatabasesExisting external data sources such as ERP or MPR systems can be linked to SOLIDWORKS via CustomTools. You need to provide some information about those external data sources in order to link them to CustomTools.
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NOTE: External sources are server specific connections and changing the database connection to another CustomTools database located in the same server takes the same external database connections. |
The existing data sources are listed in the External data sources list.
| New | Opens the Add External Data Source dialog box. You can add an external data source with help of that dialog box. |
| Delete | Deletes the selected External Data Source. |
| Modify login | Opens the Modify Login dialog box. You can change your login information that are used to login to the external database. |
| Properties | Opens the External Data Source Properties dialog box which shows properties of the selected data source. |