---
title: "Design data set based on form"
slug: "design-data-set-based-on-form"
tags: ["Task", "Data Modeling Studio", "DMS"]
updated: 2026-03-20T11:27:14Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:44:45Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/design-data-set-based-on-form"
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# Design data set based on form

In Data Modeling Studio, a data set defines the data to be exported. Use a data set to define the data to be exported by a data model.

You can create data sets based on a form. A form can have fields from several tables. You can select any form field. If the selected form fields are related to different tables, for each of these tables, a separate data set is created.

If a data set already exists for a table, no new data set is created. If a selected field:

- Already exists in the existing data set, nothing is done.
- Does not exist in the existing data set, the field is added to the existing data set.

### Steps

1. Go to **Data modeling studio** > **Data modeling studio** > **Data sets**.
2. On the **Action Pane**, click **Create**.
3. Click **Design**.
4. In the **Forms labels** field, enter or select the desired form.
5. You can select all fields or several fields to be added to a data set.

In the '**Available**' list, select the desired fields.
6. Move the fields to the '**Selected**' list.

Click **Add**.
7. Click **Apply**.
8. Close the page.

> [!NOTE]
> **Notes**
> 
> If you create a data set, the data set identification is composed in this way: [Prefix][Table name][Suffix].
> 
> - **Prefix**: If on the **Date modeling studio parameters**, the **Entity prefix** field is filled, this field value is added as prefix to the data set identification. If no prefix is defined, no prefix is added.
> - **Table name**: The name of the table that is defined for the data set.
> - **Suffix**: This fixed suffix is added to the data set identification: DataEntity.
> 
> **Example**: If the entity prefix is 'CDP' and you create a data set for the SalesTable, the data set identification is: CDPSalesTableDataEntity.

## Related

- [Set up data sets](/set-up-data-sets.md)