# Using LocalDB as source of DVL

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-localdb-as-source-of-dvl/1589677>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** beginner\
**Created:** [October 30, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-localdb-as-source-of-dvl/1589677 "2021-10-30T19:58:51Z")\
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**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:** [October 30, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-localdb-as-source-of-dvl/1589677/1 "2021-10-30T19:58:51Z")

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Hello.  
As we know, DataViewerList can be bound to a data source, and we have now as options for that **local tables** , Airtable or GoogleSheets. It’s fine if you already have data on those. But if you dynamically build this data just before you populate your DVL, time consuming is pretty big, if you handle large amount of data.  
Another data handling option in Thunkable is **LocalDB**. This is very fast in terms of building and populating, but pretty useless (in my opinion) if you can’t bound it to a DVL to proper display the results. Yes, I know, you can display some to simple list viewers, but those are not as customizable as DVL.  
So I’d find very useful some update that will provide me the tool to link a **LocalDB** to a DVL.  
Any thoughts about it, @domhnallohanlon ?  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![vishruth-ram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/82dd89/32.png) [@vishruth-ram](https://community.thunkable.com/u/vishruth-ram)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-localdb-as-source-of-dvl/1589677/2 "2021-10-31T09:56:27Z")

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there’s no point of connecting LOCALDB component to the DVL. In case you want the data ready you could click  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/3/a/3aa602c63d9c0abd20943a8a2e5bd18267a43348.png)

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**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:** [October 31, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-localdb-as-source-of-dvl/1589677/3 "2021-10-31T10:08:45Z")

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@vishruth-ram , have you read the post?

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**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:** [October 31, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-localdb-as-source-of-dvl/1589677/4 "2021-10-31T10:09:07Z")

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> [@vishruth-ram](#):
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> In case you want the data ready you could click

> [@mimostel](#):
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> dynamically build this data just before you populate your DVL

is the key of my post

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**Author:** ![vishruth-ram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/82dd89/32.png) [@vishruth-ram](https://community.thunkable.com/u/vishruth-ram)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 10:10am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-localdb-as-source-of-dvl/1589677/5 "2021-10-31T10:10:45Z")

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> [@muneer](#):
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> have you read the post?

yeah sure.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-localdb-as-source-of-dvl/1589677/6 "2024-11-08T13:14:35Z")

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