1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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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> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Query With the Query Wizard</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1063E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Use Wizard to Create Query</emph>.</paragraph> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10645" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Query With the Design View</paragraph> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create Query in Design View</emph>.</paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<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> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1067B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp#base"/> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10683" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 85