# Query states

Query states

State | Description
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Candidate | Queries that are visible only to sponsor personnel; they are not visible to site users. A sponsor representative reviews the query and then either opens or deletes it.
Opened | Queries that are visible to site users and are awaiting response.
Answered | Queries for which a site user submitted a response. For manual queries, when a site user responds to a query, the query enters the Answered status and is ready for review by the Clinical Data Manager or CRA. The Clinical Data Manager or CRA reviews Answered queries and either closes or reopens them.
Closed | Queries that have been answered by a site user and then reviewed by a Clinical Data Manager or CRA. If the Clinical Data Manager or CRA is satisfied with the query answer, he or she closes the query.

Your study can be set up to allow you to issue queries in the Opened or Candidate states.

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