Type property

This tables shows the Dataset types:

Dataset type Description
Query Use this Type if the retrieval of the data can be expressed in a database query. Click Details to select the main table of the query and the fields that must be added to the report. You can add also fields of referenced tables (multi-level).
Other

Use this Type if the data retrieval cannot be expressed in a database query. For example, when data must be retrieved by calling a Public Interface of LN. Or reading data on the file system or calling a web service that returns the data.

You must implement the Read Dataset hook to retrieve the data. The fields of the Dataset must be added as Calculated Fields.