Edit | Queries
CentreVu Report Designer Version 8 User Guide
Defining Queries for a Report
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Defining Queries for a Report
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To complete the definition of a report’s grids, charts, or fields, you must
define the queries that select the rows of the appropriate tables in the
CMS database.
Queries are values for either database items or calculations. In most
cases, the queries specify the input variables rather than specific values
as criteria for retrieving information from the database. The input
variables allow CMS to use the values entered in the Report Input
window as the query criteria for the report.
If you change the prompt in the Edit Inputs window, it is automatically
updated in the query.
Queries tell
CentreVu® CMS two things:
●
Where to get the data, and
●
How to use the data.
CentreVu CMS selects values from a table with both row and column
identifiers.
CentreVu CMS identifies rows of data according to the user’s
inputs and the row search conditions you define.
CentreVu CMS
identifies columns according to the data expression you define here.
For more information about SQL queries and the CMS Database Tables,
refer to Chapter 18, “SQL Queries and CMS Database Tables Basics”
and the
CentreVu
®
CMS R3V8 Database Items and Calculations
document (585-210-939).
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