Extended query - introduction

With this form you can search description data from the database that match specific conditions of the description data, description scopes and descriptor values. Choose Query -> Extended query ... from the menu to open the extended query window (see image below). With the button  you can set the timeout for critical database queries, with button you can set the timeout for the web access to resource data. Feedbacks can be sent with the button .

 

First the Project must be selected from the combo box in the upper window area. If you want to include matches that are assigned to the selected project only in the additional projects field, check the Additional projects option. The Matches: field shows the number of available description datasets. If any matches are available, the Show matches button is active and by clicking it the datasets are listed in the Result list section (see image below).

 

If you want to view a single entry of the result list, you may select it by a single click on the entry and press the View in separate window button. You may check all entries by clicking the all button, uncheck all entries by clicking the none button or toggle the check marks by clicking the swap button. You may export the checked results to a tab-separated text file by clicking the button and view the exported list by clicking . When you close the window by a click on the OK button, the checked entries are passed to the parent form, e.g. the main window of Diversity Descriptions (see below). If you do not want to take over the query results to the parent form, close the extended query by pressing the Cancel button.

 

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