Use this dialog box to rename, create, or delete query categories, to move a query from one category to another, to change a query description, to attach queries from external files, or to delete queries you no longer use.
Category
Use this area to select, rename, create, or delete a category.
- Category list
- Views all query categories in the current drawing.
- Select a category. The Available Queries list updates to show all queries in the selected category.
- Rename
- Displays the
Rename Category dialog box, where you rename the current category.
- New
- Displays the
New Category dialog box, where you create a new category.
- Remove
- Deletes the current category.
- You can remove a category only if it has no queries assigned to it. To delete a category that still has queries in it, you must first delete the queries or assign them to new categories (by clicking Category).
Available Queries
Deletes queries or assign them to new categories.
- Available Queries list
- Views all queries in the current category.
- To view additional queries, select a different category from the Category list.
- Delete
- Deletes the selected queries.
- Select All
- Highlights all queries in the list.
- Clear All
- Removes the highlighting from all queries in the list.
- Category
- Displays the Change Category dialog box, where you move the query to a different category.
- A query can be assigned to only one category.
Selected Query
Use this area to add an external query to the current drawing, or to view information about the selected query in the Available Queries list.
To add an external query, select External from the Query Type list. (You may need to erase the query Name first.) Specify the path and file name for the external query in the File Name box. Once the external query is found, you can modify its name or description. Click Add to add the query to the current category.
To modify information about an existing query, select it in the Available Queries list and change any information you want. When you finish, click Update. To assign a query to more than one category, copy the query by selecting it in the Available Queries list. Enter a new name for the query, click Add, and assign the new query to a different category.
- Name
- Specifies a name for the query.
- A query name must be unique in the current drawing.
- Description
- Specifies a query description.
- File Name
- If the query is external, specify the path and file name for the file where the query is stored.
- Query Type
- Specifies internal (the query is stored with the current drawing) or external (the query is saved in a separate file).
- Add
- Adds the query to the Available Queries list for the current category.
- Update
- Updates the existing query in the Available Queries list.