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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Define a data source

The data source is an entity that has associated data that you intend to display. For example, a community post or a user.

Before you begin

Role required: admin or evam_admin

Procedure

  1. Navigate to All > Entity View Action Mapper (EVAM) > Data sources, and then select New.

  2. On the form, fill in the fields.

FieldDescription
ApplicationApplication scope of the data source.
ActiveOption to activate the data source.
NameName of the data source.
TableChoose a table to use for the data source.
ConditionCondition to define how to filter the data from the selected table.
Sort ByTable column to use for sorting the table data. For example, you can select to sort knowledge articles by the creation date.Note: You can only use Sort By for datetime fields when sorting different records.
  1. Select Submit.