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How to Use Q&R Query

Follow this path through Q&R Query to create queries and chart the results:

1. Compose a new query or open an existing one.

   You compose a query by combining query steps and tasks to produce the desired result. You can create a new query by using the Compose a New Query option from the Welcome screen. Alternatively, if you want to use a query you've previously created, use the Open a Query option from the Welcome screen. You can either use this query as it is or modify it.

2. Save the query definition.

   Saving the query will save any modifications that you have made since it was last saved. You can save a query at any time; limited validation is performed before a query is run.

3. Run the query.

   When you run a query, you are accessing the mainframe to get new data. This data is transferred from the mainframe to the Q&R Distributed Server.

4. Select and examine output.

   After the query output is available on the Q&R Distributed Server, you can use the Q&R Query Output Retrieval function to retrieve query output for use with Q&R Charting. Your query output is organized so you can easily identify it.

5. Explore, discover, and visualize data in Q&R Charting.

   Viewing the resulting output of a query is done through the Q&R Charting screen. The Q&R Charting screen lets you define how the output is presented by defining views. A view specifies which elements to present, the style of chart, titles, labeling and so on.

6. Save the view definition.

   Views you have created can be saved as part of the original query. This way, anytime you run this query, the presentation of the output is the same and the results will be easier to compare.

7. (Optional) Export a query to run on a production basis.

   Any query can be included in your CA MICS production job stream to run on a regular basis.