Queries are available in many places throughout GE Digital APM. In some cases, you might create a query manually and save it for future use. In other cases, you might run a query that another user constructed or that is delivered with the baseline content.
When you run a query, you will see the results in the Results workspace, which will make it obvious that you are looking at query results. For example, if you open a query from the Catalog or select a dashboard hyperlink that references a stored query, the results will be displayed on the Results workspace.
In other cases, however, you might run a query and see the results in a different format on a different screen. In these cases, you might not realize that you are looking at query results. Inspection Management, for example, provides a customized workflow that allows you to execute queries that return specific information, such as equipment that can have bundle inspections. In addition, searches provide a customized form where you can search the database for records in families that meet specific criteria. In other words, performing a search is simply another way of querying the database to return a subset of records.
When a query is created, it can be configured to return raw data stored in the database or reformatted data. This means that you might run different queries that return the same data in different formats. In addition, queries can be configured to prompt you for information before returning any results.
Queries are not stand-alone tools; they can be incorporated throughout GE Digital APM.
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