Creating queries

Data can be retrieved using SQL queries in the export data Echobase menu.

SQL queries can be created and saved in the export data page. Results are displayed online in a table that can be exported in .csv format.

One can use nested queries by inserting a saved query name in a new query, e.g.:

SELECT * FROM Voyage where topiaid IN ${QueryName}

Importing queries from LibreOffice Base

One can import SQL queries built using the user-friendly LibreOffice Base graphical SQL query builder. To do so:

• run LibreOffice Base,
• connect to an Echobase working database to display the Echobase data model in the LibreOffice Base graphical SQL query builder,
• define your SQL query and copy its SQL code,
• click "Import from Libre Office" in the Echobase data query menu and paste the SQL code from LibreOffice.

The LibreOffice SQL code is then imported in your EchoBase SQL query.

To use postgresql in Libre Office, you have to install libreoffice-sdbc-postgresql package, then choose postgresql database type for your new database connection.