External datasources

For each external database from which RefTracker will retrieve data, a data source definition has to be created in System>Lookups menu>External datasources, and the external data source needs to be set up to support this access.

It is quite common that you may only need to define a small number of Lookups and that those Lookups will be based on an even smaller number of external data sources! Once defined, a Lookup can be used in multiple Request forms.