# Retrieving and viewing data in SQL query

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/retrieving-and-viewing-data-in-sql-query/96037>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 16, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/retrieving-and-viewing-data-in-sql-query/96037 "2024-09-16T21:06:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enrique\_Torres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ad7895/32.png) [@Enrique\_Torres](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Enrique_Torres)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/retrieving-and-viewing-data-in-sql-query/96037/1 "2024-09-16T21:06:11Z")

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greetings everyone! I am very new to ignition. I am wondering if anyone can help me with viewing data from query (rows and columns) in reports. I know where it is coming from (tags) but I don't know where the table is located at and how to see the data in the table?

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/retrieving-and-viewing-data-in-sql-query/96037/2 "2024-09-16T21:14:35Z")

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These kinds of things are covered well by [www.inductiveuniversity.com](http://www.inductiveuniversity.com). It's a free resource to get newcomers up to speed.

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**Author:** ![Enrique\_Torres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ad7895/32.png) [@Enrique\_Torres](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Enrique_Torres)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/retrieving-and-viewing-data-in-sql-query/96037/3 "2024-09-16T21:30:12Z")

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awesome, thank you.

Hoping to get a little more guidance on how to do it. Any examples?

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**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/retrieving-and-viewing-data-in-sql-query/96037/4 "2024-09-16T22:06:22Z")

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It sounds like you may have an existing report and are trying to understand how the data is being pulled? If that's the case show us the report configuration, otherwise your question is too general for anyone to answer.