Microsoft® Office InfoPath™ 2003 Kick Start

Defining the Necessary Data

Defining the data you will need is a key aspect of using an InfoPath 2003 form template. For very simple data sources, you won't need to spend long thinking about the necessary data; but as soon as you go beyond simple problems, this is time well spent. If you have defined the use cases well, you should have all the background information you need to work out which pieces of data you need.

If you are connecting to a relational database management system such as Microsoft Access or SQL Server 2000, which contains existing data, you must think carefully about the data you want to use before you start creating anything more than the simplest form templates.

Similarly, if you want to create a new database, make sure that ...