# Closing queries

The InForm application closes queries in the following ways:

- Automatic query generated by the failure of an edit check—When a user enters a new data value that passes the edit check, the InForm application closes the query.

  If the new data value fails the edit check, the InForm application redisplays the query. When an automatic query is answered with explanatory text, the query can only be closed when an authorized sponsor user closes it.

- Manual query—When a user submits an answer to a manual query, the InForm application changes the query state to Answered.

  A sponsor user with query closing rights must close answered queries manually.

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