To Work With a Survey Query File

You can save an individual survey query to a QML file that you can open and reuse or import into another survey database.

To save a survey query file

1. Open a survey database.
2. On the Survey Toolspace tab, expand the database name.
3. Expand the Survey Queries collection.
4. Right-click the query name Save Query To File.
5. Specify a name and location for the QML file and click Save.

Note: You can also save a survey query to a file from within the Survey Query Builder dialog box. This allows you to save a survey query for reuse if the survey database is read-only.

To open a survey query file

You can open a survey query file in the Survey Query Builder.

1. Open a survey database.
2. Click Modify tabGround Data panelSurvey Query Find.
3. Click Survey Query tabManage panelOpen File.
4. Select the QML file and click Open.

To import a survey query file into a survey database

You can import a survey query file that you have exported or saved from a survey database into another survey database.

1. Open a survey database. The database must be open for write-access to import a query.
2. On the Survey Toolspace tab, expand the database name.
3. Right-click Survey QueriesImport.
4. Select the QML file to import and click Open.

To export survey query files from a survey database

You can export all defined queries from a survey database to a specified location. This is useful if you want to use the queries on other databases.

1. Open a survey database.
2. On the Survey Toolspace tab, expand the database name.
3. Right-click Survey QueriesExport.
4. Specify the location for the exported queries and click Open.

   All queries defined for the survey database are exported as separate files in the specified location.