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You can use an External Data Object (EDO) in a diagram for reference or for data flow diagramming. You can then link to External Data Objects with a specific business process or task.

There are two different types of EDOs: Logical and Physical. The Logical types are entities and attributes. The Physical types are tables and views.

Type	Palette Icon	Description
Entity	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	A set of distinguishable objects that can be represented in a database.
Table	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	A set of data in a database.
View	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	A view of the data, usually consists of a subset of the tables in the database.
Data Store	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	A repository for data.
Data Feed	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	A shell for data containment.
Report	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	A text file
Flat File	Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination	A file containing records, one record per line. Fields may have a fixed width with padding, or delimited by white space, tabs, commas (CSV), or other characters. There are no structural relationships.