Mary K. Olson02.17.2009
PS Query Viewer 101
Uses for Query Viewer
Query viewer contains custom queries and generic system queries which can be:
Viewed Saved Used as defined
Query Viewer Materials Query Viewer Reference Manual Query Catalog Top 20 Queries Query Naming Conventions
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/trainingservices/materials/financial/index.html
How to Edit a Public Query•Navigate to Reporting Tools Query Query Manager
•Type in a portion or entire query name
•Press ‘Search’ button
•Click ‘Edit’ button of selected query
Add Criteria•Navigate to ‘Criteria’ tab
•Press ‘Add Criteria’ button
Select Record & Field
•Press ‘Show Fields’ tab
•Click on field
Edit Criteria•Choose Expression 2 Type
•Click on ‘Prompt’ button
•Click on ‘New Prompt’
Edit Prompt Properties
•Change ‘Heading Type’
•Change Length
•Change ‘Edit Type’
Review Criteria & Run Query•Review criteria changes
•Navigate to ‘Run’ tab
Fill in Prompts•Type in Attribute (see selections in ‘Top 20 Queries’ Document)
•Type in DeptID
View Data•View data
•Download to Excel
Save Query Step One
•Navigate to ‘Query’ tab
•Click on ‘Save As’
Save Query Step Two
•Replace previous query name
•Update Description & Definition
•Press ‘OK’ button
Find Query•Navigate to Reporting Tools Query Query Manager
•Type in query name
•Press ‘Search’ button
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