# Queries

> Browse PeopleSoft Queries with record/field usage, query trees, security access, and ownership.

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Queries are PeopleSoft's end-user reporting tool — saved SQL queries that users run from the PSQUERY interface, with optional prompts, output formats, and scheduled distribution. Each query is stored in `PSQRYDEFN` and broken out across `PSQRYRECORD`, `PSQRYFIELD`, and other tables for the records and fields it touches. psLens consolidates the query header, the records used, the field list, project membership, and (via the related-data toggles) the query tree placement and security access.

## Object Relationships

Queries assemble records and fields into end-user reporting SQL:

- **Selects Records & Fields**: Queries (`PSQRYDEFN`) join record definitions (`PSQRYRECORD`) and select specific fields (`PSQRYFIELD`).
- **Governed by Query Access Trees**: Authorization to query underlying records is controlled by Query Access Trees (`PSTREENODE`) granted to permission lists.
- **Feeds BI Publisher Reports**: Queries act as data sources (`PSXPDATASRC`) for BI Publisher report definitions.

## How psLens Improves Query Inspection

In Query Manager, inspecting a query requires clicking across Records, Fields, and Properties tabs, while query tree access must be checked via separate SQL queries.

psLens consolidates query properties, FROM clause records, SELECT/ORDER BY fields, query tree security placement, and project membership into a single view.

## Search Page

URL: `/queries?db={database}`

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/queries-search.png"
			alt="Query search results for PT_% showing PTAI_GET_LISTITEM_RCD, PTCPQFIELD_VW, and others"><figcaption>
			<p>Query search results for <code>PT_%</code></p>
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Search auto-matches as *starts with*. Typing `PT_` finds every query whose name begins with `PT_`. Include `%` yourself for ends-with (`%_VW`) or contains (`%AUDIT%`) patterns, or use `%` alone to list every row. Each card shows the query type (Public, Private, Archive, User), owner, and last-updated metadata. The **Advanced Filters** panel lets you filter by query type or owner.

## Detail Page

URL: `/queries/{QRYNAME}?db={database}`

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/queries-detail.png"
			alt="Detail page for PTCPQFIELD_VW query"><figcaption>
			<p>Query detail page for <code>PTCPQFIELD_VW</code></p>
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The main pane shows **Query Properties** (type, owner, description, last-run metadata, version), **Records Used** (every record in the FROM list), and **Fields** (the SELECT and ORDER BY columns). The sidebar has 3 related-data toggles.

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/queries-detail-expanded.png"
			alt="Query detail page with all panels expanded"><figcaption>
			<p>Full query detail page with all panels</p>
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## Related Data Panels

### Records Used

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/queries-panel-records.png"
			alt="Records Used panel for the query"><figcaption>
			<p>Every record in the query&rsquo;s FROM clause</p>
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The list of records used by the query (`PSQRYRECORD`). Each record name deep-links into its own detail page so you can audit what the query reads.

### Fields

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/queries-panel-fields.png"
			alt="Fields panel for the query"><figcaption>
			<p>The fields the query SELECTs, with record context and order</p>
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The SELECT field list (`PSQRYFIELD`) with record and field references, each link-resolved.

### Included in Projects

<figure><img src="/images/screenshots/metadata/queries-panel-projects.png"
			alt="Included in Projects panel for the query"><figcaption>
			<p>App Designer projects that include this query</p>
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App Designer projects containing this query as a project item.