External Collections

Created by Paul Williamson, Modified on Fri, 18 Aug, 2023 at 1:49 PM by Paul Williamson

Create a collection from an external database through the API. External database collections have the following limitations:

 
External
Collection Number per Site
100
A single collection's data
20MB
Fields (columns)
100
Inner collection fields
15
Collection name character limit
50
Field name character limit
50
Page item URL
350 characters
Update data
Automatically

Connect to an External Database

To connect to an external database:

  1. In the left panel, click Content, and then click Collections.
  2. Click + New Collection, and select External Database.
  3. Type the Endpoint URL and click Fetch collection.
  4. Click Continue.
  5. Type a name for the collection.
  6. Select the correct data type for each field in the collection.
  7. (Optional) Add additional fields.
  8. Click Continue.
  9. Import the collection.

The next step is to create or convert a Dynamic Page and connect it to your newly created collection. For more information, see Create Dynamic Pages.


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