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Step 10: View Query and Execute

When you complete the last of the GUIDE panels, CA Dataquery presents the query it constructed according to your panel entries. The following is an example of how it appears:

Guided Query Display (DQIN0)

=> QUERY CREATION COMPLETED --------------------------------------------------------------------------DQIN0 DATAQUERY: GUIDED QUERY DISPLAY QUERY NAME: _______________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO EXECUTE THIS QUERY ONLINE, PRESS <PF3>. TO SUBMIT THIS QUERY FOR BATCH EXECUTION, PRESS <PF5>. TO EXIT GUIDED QUERY AND RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU, PRESS <PF4>. TO CONTINUE QUERY CREATION USING GUIDED QUERY, PRESS <PF6>. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================ T O P ====================================== 01 SELECT ITM_ID, SHIP_QTY, UNIT_PRICE, 02 SHIP-QTY * UNIT-PRICE 03 FROM CAI_SLSHST_TBL 04 ORDER BY ITM_ID ============================== B O T T O M ================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <PF1> HELP <PF2> RETURN <PF3> EXEC QUERY <PF4> MAIN MENU <PF5> SUBMIT QUERY <PF6> NEW QUERY <PF7> BACKWARD <PF8> FORWARD

Facts

The following chart explains how each line of the new query relates to the panels completed during operation of GUIDED QUERY CREATION: OPTION SELECTION

Line

Keyword

Panels and

01/02

SELECT

This clause tells which columns and results are to appear in the output row and the order in which they should appear.

03

FROM

This clause tells which table contains the data.

04

ORDER BY

This clause tells the sorting order for the report data.

Steps

The following describes the steps for executing the newly created sample query.

Step 1

Press <PF3> EXECUTE to display the execution panel.

Step 2

Press <PF3> EXECUTE on the execution panel.

Options

Define report defaults

During display of the ONLINE EXECUTION panel, you can display other panels to define the report format. See Getting a Report for details.

Submit the query

You can submit the query for batch execution. See Executing in Batch for details.

Edit the query

Type EDIT * on the command line to view the query on the EDITOR panel. You can then change it, make a business chart from the data it produces, or turn it into a dialog. See Creating Dialogs if you want to know more about editing the query.

Start another query

Start up GUIDE again to make a new query by pressing <PF6> NEW QUERY.

Change the query in GUIDE

Press <PF2> RETURN to return to one or more of this query's definition panels and make changes. Remember that when you return to a panel and then go forward again using <PF4> CONTINUE, you must redisplay every selection to retain it.

Delete the query

Display a directory and use <PF6> DELETE to delete the query. See Selecting a Directory for details.