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Setting Up Default Queries

Using the Default Queries tab in the User Preferences screen, you can set up queries to appear when you access a specific screen and view. For more information on queries, see Common Query Tasks. For more information about using default queries see, Using Default Queries.

NOTE:  Only views which can be accessed from the Show drop-down list or the Site Map can have a default query associated with them.

To set up a default query

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > User Preferences.

    2. The User Preferences screen appears.

  2. From the Show drop-down list, select Default Queries.

    3. The Screen Name and Screen View lists appear.

  3. In the Screen Name list at the top of the screen, select the desired screen.
  4. In the Screen View list below the list of screens, select the desired view in the View Name column.
  5. Click the Default Query field next to the view you selected, and click the select button.

    6. The Pick Query dialog box appears.

  6. From the Pick Query dialog box, select the query you want this view to display and click OK.

    7. The selected query appears next to the appropriate view in the Default Query column.


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 Published: 14 August 2003