Accessing external data sources
You can connect to and work with data in external data sources in much the same way that you work with data in the current, active FileMaker file. For example, you can:
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create tables in the relationships graph for external FileMaker files and ODBC data sources
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add supplemental fields to ODBC tables to perform unstored calculations or to summarize data in the ODBC tables
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Notes
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There are other ways to link with ODBC data sources besides using FileMaker Pro as an ODBC client application. You can write SQL queries to use FileMaker Pro as a data source. See Sharing FileMaker Pro data via ODBC or JDBC, FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide, and FileMaker SQL Reference for more information.
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You cannot modify the schema of external ODBC data sources using FileMaker Pro.
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Related topics 
Adding tables to the relationships graph
Topics in this section
Configuring an ODBC client driver
Connecting to data sources
Working with data sources
Querying an ODBC data source from FileMaker Pro