# Can't save or modify a query

**URL:** https://community.dremio.com/t/cant-save-or-modify-a-query/4703
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/cant-save-or-modify-a-query/4703 "2019-12-05T17:19:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![mg66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@mg66](https://community.dremio.com/u/mg66)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/cant-save-or-modify-a-query/4703/1 "2019-12-05T17:19:47Z")

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I upload a JSON dataset and then modify a few columns (and save as with a new name).

If I later come back to the new Virtual Dataset and modify it, I’m not able to save it - the option is disabled and I can only save it with a new name.

Is this the expected behaviour? Can Virtual Datasets only be saved once?

Version: 4.1.0

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### Author: ![doron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.dremio.com/doron/32/294_2.png) [@doron](https://community.dremio.com/u/doron)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/cant-save-or-modify-a-query/4703/2 "2019-12-05T19:59:56Z")

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@mg66  
If you press `Edit Original SQL` you will be editing the actual VDS and you can then save.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/dremio/original/2X/5/573e4b33a45b9b19626e42e456f19997d323a8db.png)

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### Author: ![mg66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@mg66](https://community.dremio.com/u/mg66)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/cant-save-or-modify-a-query/4703/3 "2019-12-06T14:10:36Z")

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Thanks - got it. Potentially the UX could be improved - it wasn’t immediately obvious.

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### Author: ![elyrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@elyrank](https://community.dremio.com/u/elyrank)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://community.dremio.com/t/cant-save-or-modify-a-query/4703/4 "2019-12-22T10:29:44Z")

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I agree with @mg66, I thought it was a bug that I can’t save