.. _control-data-source:

Control data source
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Static
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The use of a static data source is supported.
You can manually provide a value, display for items and optionally mark one as "default".

SmartObject
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The use of a SmartObject as data source is supported.
There are multiple variants of the "Configure Data Source" window, as shown below.

Value and display
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	The display value will be shown, while the value is used internally as the actually selected value.

Identifier and display
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	The display value will be shown while the identifier is used internally as the actually selected value.

Display
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When displaying the items of the data source, the display value can be configured to be:

*	a single column from the data source
*	static text
*	values from other controls
*	any combination of the above options

Filter
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"Filter the data according to another control's value" is currently not supported.
Filter properties are also not supported.