What Is a Data Query?

A data query is your primary method for selecting and formatting data that is used with data exploration and creating reports.

A data query is a metadata object that manages the references to input tables, output tables, staging tables, joins, and summarizations from a SAS Visual Data Builder session. You can save data queries and open them later to edit the data preparation operations that are performed in the data query. You can use saved data queries as subqueries when you create a new data query.