A case data source component (CDSC) exposes the case data stored in its native format (the data source) to the Provider. By using an appropriate CDSC you can read and write data stored in any proprietary format.

This section provides information about creating a CDSC. The UNICOM Intelligence Developer Documentation Library comes with a skeleton Visual Basic CDSC, which simplifies the process of creating a CDSC in Visual Basic. For more information, see .

There is currently no tool for creating a CDSC in other development environments. In these development environments, you need to create the project and implement the CDSC from scratch.

Note that this section assumes that you already have a good understanding of how the UNICOM Intelligence Data Model works. If you are new to the UNICOM Intelligence Data Model, see Before you create a DSC for information about how to set about gaining that understanding.