.. _section-Saving Query Results:

Saving Query Results
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Within the same **Sunflower** session, results from different query executions are saved in **Query Results** under different tabs. As long as user doesn’t exit **Sunflower**, old query results are accessible by clicking the corresponding tabs, as seen in :numref:`figure-QueryResults-tabs.png`.

.. _figure-QueryResults-tabs.png:

.. figure:: ../../figs/QueryResults-tabs.png
   :alt: Within the same **Sunflower** session, old query results are available in different tabs

   Within the same **Sunflower** session, old query results are available in different tabs

Right click anywhere near the query results tabs will pop open a menu with the choices **Close All** and **Close Others**, as seen in :numref:`figure-QueryResults-tabs-close.png`.  

.. _figure-QueryResults-tabs-close.png:

.. figure:: ../../figs/QueryResults-tabs-close.png
   :alt: Right click near the query results tabs brings up a menu with the options of **Close All** and **Close Others**

   Right click near the query results tabs brings up a menu with the options of **Close All** and **Close Others**

The **Close All** option closes all query results tabs, and the **Close Others** option closes all query results tabs except for the one currently in display.  :numref:`figure-QueryResults-tabs-close-others.png` shows only the last or current tab is retained after selecting the **Close Others** option.

.. _figure-QueryResults-tabs-close-others.png:

.. figure:: ../../figs/QueryResults-tabs-close-others.png
   :alt: The **Close Others** option closes all tabs except for the current tab

   The **Close Others** option closes all tabs except for the current tab
   
Once a query results tab is closed, its results are removed.  To see the results again, the corresponding query must be executed again.


Query results can be saved permanently to disk with the **Save results to...** tab, as indicated in :numref:`figure-QueryResults-tabs-save.png`.

.. _figure-QueryResults-tabs-save.png:

.. figure:: ../../figs/QueryResults-tabs-save.png
   :alt: Query results can be saved to disk using **Save results to...**

   Query results can be saved to disk using **Save results to...**

When the **Save results to...** tab is pressed, a file selection window pops open asking for the location, the name and the type of the file to save the results to.  In this window, navigate to a desired location, enter a name for the file, select a file type, and press **Save** to save the results, as shown in :numref:`figure-QueryResults-save-to.png`.

.. _figure-QueryResults-save-to.png:

.. figure:: ../../figs/QueryResults-save-to.png
   :alt: **Save results to...** dialog window for selecting location and name of results file

   **Save results to...** dialog window for selecting location and name of results file


Should you want to later compare the saved results to newer results, be sure to save the results as type XML, as seen in :numref:`figure-QueryResults-save-as-XML.png`.  The **Compare with...** feature, also highlighted in :numref:`figure-QueryResults-tabs-save.png`, can be used for such comparison.  More information about **Compare with...** can be found in :ref:`section-Comparing Query Results`.

.. _figure-QueryResults-save-as-XML.png:

.. figure:: ../../figs/QueryResults-save-as-XML.png
   :alt: Save results as type XML for use with **Compare with...**

   Save results as type XML for use with **Compare with...**