<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. * * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. * * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed * with this work for additional information regarding copyright * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . --> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textsharedguidedata_queriesxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Working with Queries</title> <filename>/text/shared/guide/data_queries.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2004-08-19T12:57:48">Working with Queries</created> </history> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id840784"><bookmark_value>databases;creating queries</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>filtering;data in databases</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>queries;defining (Base)</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>defining;queries (Base)</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>wizards;database queries</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>Query Wizard (Base)</bookmark_value> </bookmark><comment>MW added (Base) to 3 entries</comment> <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105F9" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="data_queries"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_queries.xhp">Working with Queries</link> </variable></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10617" xml-lang="en-US">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> <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Creating a New Query With the Query Wizard</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1061E" xml-lang="en-US">In %PRODUCTNAME you can create a new query using the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/querywizard00.xhp">Query Wizard</link>:</paragraph> <list type="ordered"> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10632" xml-lang="en-US">Open the database file where you want to create the new query.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10636" xml-lang="en-US">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Queries</emph> icon.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1063E" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>Use Wizard to Create Query</emph>.</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10645" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Creating a New Query With the Design View</paragraph> <list type="ordered"> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1064C" xml-lang="en-US">Open the database file where you want to create the new query.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10650" xml-lang="en-US">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Queries</emph> icon.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10658" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>Create Query in Design View</emph>.</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1065F" xml-lang="en-US">You see the <link href="text/sdatabase/02010100.xhp">Query Design window</link>.</paragraph> <section id="relatedtopics"> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1067B" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> <embedvar href="text/sdatabase/main.xhp#base"/> </paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10683" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> <embedvar href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> </paragraph> </section> </body> </helpdocument>