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This section is not an exhaustive treatment on external data sources, but is designed to show how a custom report is built and how a data source is used. In this example, a simple CSV file called hosts.csv is at E:\CMDB\ on the Data Protection Advisor server and contains a list of servers as shown in Figure 38.
Before we can add an external data source, a custom report must be created. Expand Reports menu on the left side of the Data Protection Advisor web UI, select Report Templates and select Create Custom Template. Provide a name and a description for the custom report. For this example, the custom template will be named CMDB – Clients not protected.