How to use the system generated data source "Languages"?

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This article explains how to update and use the system generated Languages data source in Resources in the Admin Center. 

Prerequisites

What is the system generated Languages data source?

The Languages data source is system generated and managed by Templafy. It cannot deleted or edited. Schema fields and creating new data source items manually from the Languages data source will be locked. Any updates to this list of languages in the Languages data source happen automatically after they've been added as a language in the More actions settings page under Resources. The newly created language will become available as a row in the data source. 

How to add languages for the Languages data source?

1. Navigate to Resources section in the Admin Center
2. Go to More options
3. Click on Settings 
4. Select or type for available languages
5. Click Save
6. Navigate back to the Languages data source in Resources and check that it's updated

When you add a new language like explained above, you will see that it get's added not only to the Languages data source, but also to the Translations data source. 

• Adding a languages in Settings:
  
  

• How it is displayed in the Languages data source after:
  
  

The Languages data source can be utilized with other data sources, using the schema fields type Reference. To do, follow below steps:

1. Navigate to the data source from where you want to make a reference to the Languages data source
2. Click on the Schema tab
3. Click on Add field
4. Give the field a name
5. Select Reference in the Type dropdown 
6. Select the Data source you want to reference to
   
   
   
   
7. If you want to define a default value, you can then select it from the dropdown, otherwise leave blank
8. Click Add

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