# Files

A files data source allows you to share files in a read-only way between multiple workbooks within a single account context.

## Set up a file data source

Select **Data Sources** in the sidebar and click on **New Data Source** in the screen that follows. You'll be prompted to select the type of the data source. Either drag in files you want to use to create a data source or press **browse files** to select the files you want to upload.

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A *files* data source will be created and you'll see an overview on the following screen. Here you can update the name, change the description, upload more files or just browse a preview of the data.

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## Query a files data source

You can now query your files data source with a [sql-cell](https://datalab-docs.datacamp.com/work/sql-cell "mention"). Select it in the **Select source** dropdown in the top left corner of a SQL cell. You can query the individual files by specifying their name in the `FROM` clause. The schema of the data source is also available by clicking on **Browse Files**, from here it's also easy to start querying individual files.

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