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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Working with Queries</title>
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30<comment>Working with Queries</comment>
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34<bookmark_value>databases;creating queries</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>filtering;data in databases</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>queries;defining (Base)</bookmark_value>
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39<bookmark_value>Query Wizard (Base)</bookmark_value>
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41<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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43<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>
44<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Query With the Query Wizard</paragraph>
45<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>
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48<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>
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51<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>
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54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1063E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Use Wizard to Create Query</emph>.</paragraph>
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57<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10645" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Query With the Design View</paragraph>
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60<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>
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62<listitem>
63<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>
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66<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create Query in Design View</emph>.</paragraph>
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69<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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