Creating and Editing Queries 

Prerequisites

You have change authorization for the query group in which you want to create and edit a query.

If you want to copy or move query steps from queries in other groups to the current query, you will also require change authorization for the respective group.

Procedure

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       1.      Call the specification workbench.

       2.      In the navigation area choose  <Specification Category> by double-clicking it. <Specification Category> stands for the specification category of the specifications for which you want to create the query or for which you have created the query that you want to edit.

The Edit Specification: Initial Screen appears.

       3.      Choose Utilities ® Query ® Load.

The group overview of the queries is displayed.

       4.      Choose  with the quick info text Display <->Change.

       5.      Choose one of the following steps:

¡        If you want to edit an existing query, continue with step 8.

¡        If you want to create a query, choose  with the quick info text Create Query.

The Query: Create dialog box appears.

       6.      Enter data as required. To enter the key for the query in the Grp entry field, you can choose one of the following options:

¡        Enter a new key manually.

¡        Choose an existing query using the input help. Only the key for this query is entered, all query steps in this query are deleted, and the query is overwritten.

If you want to use an existing query as a copy template, you must copy it and then edit the copy as described here.

       7.      Confirm and save your entries.

The group overview of queries is displayed again from where you must edit the new query.

       8.      Position the cursor on the query you want to edit and choose  with the quick info text Query Overview.

The Edit Query: Step Overview screen is displayed. From here you have a number of options for editing the query. These are:

¡        Creating query steps

¡        Editing query steps

¡        Editing the query step header

¡        Copying or moving query steps

¡        Deleting query steps

¡        Inserting a copy of a query in another query

¡        Inserting a reference to another query

Queries that contain a where-used list cannot be edited.

You can simulate the edited query from the query overview. Choose  with the quick info text Simulate Query.