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<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>
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<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>
<h2 id="par_idN1061A">Creating a New Query With the Query Wizard</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1061E" xml-lang="en-US">In %PRODUCTNAME you can create a new query using the <link href="text/sdatabase/querywizard00.xhp">Query Wizard</link>:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10632" xml-lang="en-US">Open the database file where you want to create the new query.</paragraph>
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<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>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1063E" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>Use Wizard to Create Query</emph>.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="par_idN10645">Creating a New Query With the Design View</h2>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1064C" xml-lang="en-US">Open the database file where you want to create the new query.</paragraph>
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<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>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10658" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>Create Query in Design View</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1065F" xml-lang="en-US">You see the <link href="text/sdatabase/02010100.xhp">Query Design window</link>.</paragraph>
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