# Data viewers and sources **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [December 9, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/data-viewers-and-sources/1650488 "2021-12-09T13:35:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/data-viewers-and-sources/1650488/1 "2021-12-09T13:35:36Z")
why the data viewers do not simply have lists as their data source ? ---
**Author:** ![mimostel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/mimostel/32/107661_2.png) [@mimostel](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mimostel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/data-viewers-and-sources/1650488/2 "2021-12-09T14:00:12Z")
You have List Viewer for that… Data List Viewer is much more customizable, so it needs a more complex source. ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/data-viewers-and-sources/1650488/3 "2021-12-09T14:41:52Z")
hi I remember a time not so long ago when thunkable and other tools (through extensions) offered data viewers linked to lists, customization and efficiency we cannot create a data source dynamically if I am not mistaken ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/data-viewers-and-sources/1650488/4 "2021-12-09T14:55:46Z")
If you are using StP then you can use **clone** blocks to produce something like a `Data Viewer` using lists. ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/data-viewers-and-sources/1650488/5 "2021-12-09T15:25:24Z")
that’s why importing data viewers from StP to DnD didn’t interest me more than that I will turn to StP and the clones thank you for your suggestion hope there is an effective video about it ---
**Author:** ![jared](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jared/32/138473_2.png) [@jared](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jared)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/data-viewers-and-sources/1650488/6 "2021-12-12T14:55:53Z")
Here’s a fun example on using a custom data viewier to consume/display API data related to news. Very simple but it should serve as an example for your uses! [https://x.thunkable.com/projectPage/5ebe8036cbdb976824b4db07](https://x.thunkable.com/projectPage/5ebe8036cbdb976824b4db07) ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/data-viewers-and-sources/1650488/7 "2021-12-13T18:41:15Z")
thanks update I don’t know if I understood everything anyway it works ;0) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/data-viewers-and-sources/1650488/8 "2022-03-13T18:41:39Z")
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