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QMF objects

QMF stores information as QMF objects. Some objects, such as queries, are actually stored in the database. Other objects, such as reports and charts, exist only in temporary storage while you work on them.

There are seven QMF objects, as shown in Table 2.

Table 2. QMF stores information as seven kinds of QMF objects.
Object Contains
QUERY Specifications for selecting the data you want to display
DATA Data you select using the query, or data you import from outside QMF
FORM Specifications for displaying the data you select
REPORT Formatted data produced when you run a query to retrieve data
CHART Graphic display of formatted report data
PROCEDURE A series of QMF commands that you can issue with a single RUN command- PROC is the abbreviation for PROCEDURE in QMF
PROFILE Specifications for your QMF user session

Each QMF object in the database has an owner who is usually the person who saved the object in the database. You cannot use an object unless you either own it, or the owner has authorized you to use it, or you are a QMF administrator. A QMF administrator can use any object that is owned by anyone.


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