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title: "Data Shaping | Microsoft Docs"
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# Data Shaping
This section contains the following topics.  
  
-   [Data Shaping Overview](../../../ado/guide/data/data-shaping-overview.md)  
  
-   [Data ShapingExample](../../../ado/guide/data/data-shaping-example.md)  
  
-   [Reshaping](../../../ado/guide/data/reshaping.md)  
  
-   [Grandchild Aggregates](../../../ado/guide/data/grandchild-aggregates.md)  
  
-   [Parameterized Commands with Intervening COMPUTE Commands](../../../ado/guide/data/parameterized-commands-with-intervening-compute-commands.md)  
  
-   [Persisting Hierarchical Recordsets](../../../ado/guide/data/persisting-hierarchical-recordsets.md)  
  
-   [Required Providers for Data Shaping](../../../ado/guide/data/required-providers-for-data-shaping.md)  
  
-   [Shape Commands in General](../../../ado/guide/data/shape-commands-in-general.md)  
  
-   [Shape APPEND Clause](../../../ado/guide/data/shape-append-clause.md)  
  
-   [Shape COMPUTE Clause](../../../ado/guide/data/shape-compute-clause.md)  
  
-   [Fabricating Hierarchical Recordsets](../../../ado/guide/data/fabricating-hierarchical-recordsets.md)  
  
-   [Accessing Rows in a Hierarchical Recordset](../../../ado/guide/data/accessing-rows-in-a-hierarchical-recordset.md)  
  
-   [Formal Shape Grammar](../../../ado/guide/data/formal-shape-grammar.md)  
  
-   [Visual Basic for Applications Functions](../../../ado/guide/data/visual-basic-for-applications-functions.md)