Issue 41412 - Adding/deleting data source is very unintuitive
Summary: Adding/deleting data source is very unintuitive
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 2.0
Hardware: All All
: P3 Minor with 3 votes (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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: 62420 (view as issue list)
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Reported: 2005-01-26 21:18 UTC by cairnlin
Modified: 2014-03-23 13:03 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
Latest Confirmation in: 4.1.0-beta
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Description cairnlin 2005-01-26 21:18:11 UTC 
In OOo 1.9 the Tools > Data Source dialog has gone.  To add a data source I have
to use File > New > Database.

Think for a moment about the logic behind this.  I already have a spreadsheet
(for example) and I want to register that spreadsheet as a datasource with OOo.
 Instead of some option to register or create a new data source, I have to go
through the dialog to create a new database.

When I was looking for this function, the first place I looked was a button in
the View > Data Sources (F4) pane.  It seems obvious to me (from a UI
perspective) that the pane where I can view and manipulate data sources would
also be an appropriate place to add and remove them.
Comment 1 michael.ruess 2005-01-27 09:33:56 UTC 
reassigned to MSC.
Comment 2 marc.neumann 2005-01-27 10:05:25 UTC 
Hi,

I reassign this issue to User Experience for evaluating.

Bye Marc
Comment 3 marc.neumann 2006-02-23 09:11:44 UTC 
*** Issue 62420 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 4 fozis 2006-02-23 09:55:50 UTC 
I created new Data Source from Calc. 
Then I deleted base file .odb
Now I cannot delete link to that source... :(
Comment 5 lars 2006-02-23 18:27:20 UTC 
fozis: please file a new issue for this
Comment 6 Edwin Sharp 2014-03-23 13:03:28 UTC 
Confirmed with
AOO410m14(Build:9760)  -  Rev. 1573062
2014-03-01_04:11:01 - Rev. 1573123
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