- Start the OpenESQL Assistant. 
		
 
 
		- Right-click on the data source list. 
		
 
 
		- Click 
		  Add XML Data Source. 
		
 
 
		- Browse to the XML file you want to use as a data source and double-click to select it. This file must contain an embedded XML schema for the file as well as data. 
		
 
 
	 
 
	 Note:  
		This feature is available only when you set the following Visual Studio options for OpenESQL Assistant as follows: 
		
 
		 
		  - Mode option set to 
			 ADO.NET
		  
 
 
		  - Generate option set to EXEC ADO - disconnected model