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title: "Queries"
description: "Query definitions, wherever they are stored"
url: "https://docs.justcat.it/reference/queries/"
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# Queries


A query definition is a named statement bound to a data source: the metadata a test template expands from, and a saved query in CAT Studio. The definition is the same wherever it is stored — inline in the project file, in another YAML file, or in any provider that returns rows.