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# Data Handling

This section lists examples having to do with data handling, management, reporting, integration.

### <mark style="color:blue;">Using external catalog data with the option for manual data entry (requires PlantLink)</mark>

This example shows how you can get data from an external data source (e.g. a catalog) into your properties, but still be able to manually type in values if no catalog data are available.

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