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  38 <topic id="textsharedguidedata_queriesxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  39 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Working with Queries</title>
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  43 <created date="2004-08-19T12:57:48">Working with Queries</created>
  44 <lastedited date="2006-11-28T09:15:16">YJ: checked</lastedited>
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  48 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id840784"><bookmark_value>databases;creating queries</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>filtering;data in databases</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>queries;defining (Base)</bookmark_value>
  51 <bookmark_value>defining;queries (Base)</bookmark_value>
  52 <bookmark_value>wizards;database queries</bookmark_value>
  53 <bookmark_value>Query Wizard (Base)</bookmark_value>
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  55 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105F9" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="data_queries"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_queries.xhp">Working with Queries</link>
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  57 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10617" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you often want to access only a subset of your data that can be well defined by a filter condition, you can define a query. This is basically a name for the new view at the filtered data. You open the query and see the current data in the table layout that you defined.</paragraph>
  58 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Query With the Query Wizard</paragraph>
  59 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1061E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In %PRODUCTNAME you can create a new query using the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/querywizard00.xhp">Query Wizard</link>:</paragraph>
  60 <list type="ordered">
  61 <listitem>
  62 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10632" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new query.</paragraph>
  63 </listitem>
  64 <listitem>
  65 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10636" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Queries</emph> icon.</paragraph>
  66 </listitem>
  67 <listitem>
  68 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1063E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Use Wizard to Create Query</emph>.</paragraph>
  69 </listitem>
  70 </list>
  71 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10645" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Query With the Design View</paragraph>
  72 <list type="ordered">
  73 <listitem>
  74 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1064C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new query.</paragraph>
  75 </listitem>
  76 <listitem>
  77 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10650" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Queries</emph> icon.</paragraph>
  78 </listitem>
  79 <listitem>
  80 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create Query in Design View</emph>.</paragraph>
  81 </listitem>
  82 </list>
  83 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1065F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You see the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/02010100.xhp">Query Design window</link>.</paragraph>
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