What is the difference between local:/Data/Text1 and page:/Data/Text1 datasources?

Question

While using SXA I noticed the use of both local: and page: with respect to the data source path. What is the difference?

Answer 1

Have a look at the official documentation for complete details on its usage.

SXA uses the page: notation for components stored underneath a page in the page data folder. In many cases, the page: and local: notation give you the same result. When used in partial designs, the local: notation results in items taken from under that partial design whereas the page: forces SXA to always look for the data source under the page.