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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 while Physical types are tables and views.

Type	Palette Icon	Description
Entity		A set of distinguishable objects that can be represented in a database.
Table		A set of data in a database.
View		A view of the data, usually consists of a subset of the tables in the database.
Data Store		A repository for data.
Data Feed		A shell for data containment.
Report		A text file
Flat File		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.