Customers with a custom plan can create a collection from an external database through the API.
External database collections have the following limitations:
External | |
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Collection Number per Site | 100 |
Fields | 100 |
Inner collection fields | 15 |
Text field character limit | 2000 |
Collection name character limit | 50 |
Field name character limit | 50 |
Update data | Automatically |
Connect to an External Database
To connect to an external database:
- In the left panel, click “Content”, and then click “Collections”.
- Click “+ New Collection”, and select “External Database”.
- Type the “Endpoint URL” and click “Fetch collection”.
- Click “Continue”.
- Type a name for the collection.
- Select the correct data type for each field in the collection.
- (Optional) Add additional fields.
- Click “Continue”.
- Import the collection.
The next step is to create or convert a Dynamic Page and connect it to your newly created collection.