This article shows how to initialize the table grid with an external data source.

You can connect an external data source with your data to the grid using grid configuration.

In order to initialize a grid with an external data source you should do the following steps:

1. Navigate to the grid configuration page and go to Data Source tab 
   
   
   
2. Select previously created data source from the drop down
   
   
   
3. Result Preview will display information from the selected data source
   
4. Configure Mapping: 
   Select columns from the data source to load information into previously created grid columns. 
   
   
   
5. Save changes.

Congratulations! Now you know how to initialize grid wit an external data source.