Dips > Data Processing > Query Data

# Overview of Query Data

The Query Data option (available in the toolbar or the Analysis menu) allows you to create a query to search for any subset of data in a Dips file. If the query is successful, a new Dips file will immediately be generated, and a new Grid View will display the selected data.

Note that the rows of the new subset file will be exactly as found in the original file, and all of the Project Settings information will also be preserved (i.e. Global Orientation Format, Declination, Traverse Information etc.) The new files created by Query Data are NOT processed files. If you wish to save a processed Dips file, you must use the Process Data option in the Analysis menu.

Also note: if Sets exist, the Set Column can only be saved as an Extra Column in the new file created by the Query.