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TDM5 - How to Set Up a Custom Data Source

Introduction

TDM5 allows you to add external data sources. With these data sources, you can display real-time information within your presentations.

This article explains how to set up a custom data source.

Requirements

To set up a custom data source, you need the following:

  • Administrator access to your TDM5 environment

  • All required information about the external data source you want to add

How to set up a custom data source

  1. Log in to your TDM5 environment using an administrator account.

  2. Select Interactions.
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  3. Select the menu option Data sources.
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  4. Select Custom and click Create new on the right to create a new data source.
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  5. In this example, we will use an RSS feed from Euronews that contains the latest European news:

    https://www.euronews.com/rss?format=mrss&level=theme&name=news

    Enter the following values:

    Click Retrieve data.

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  6. A preview of all values will appear in the Choose your properties dropdown. Select the values you want to use for your content.
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    Once a value is selected, a preview will be shown on the right side of the screen.
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  7. You can also assign custom names to values in the Selected properties dropdown. These names will appear when using the data source in your design. Optionally, you can set a default value for rows that do not contain any information (in this example, we leave this empty).
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You have now successfully created a custom data source, which can be used in your design.

For more information on using external data sources, see our guide: TDM5 - How to link a data source to an element.