# Query Your Institutional Hierarchy **URL:** \ **Category:** Query Building\ **Tags:** Specify-7, Members-only\ **Created:** [June 4, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/query-your-institutional-hierarchy/2589 "2025-06-04T19:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/grant/32/4255_2.png) [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/query-your-institutional-hierarchy/2589/1 "2025-06-04T19:52:58Z")
> 📖 This guide provides a query that can be imported to show the institutional hierarchy present in a database. ## See The Institutional Hierarchy Learn and read more about [Institutional Scoping in Specify here.](https://speciforum.org/t/specify-institutional-scopings/1046) You can use the query below to find the structure present already in your database. ![Institutional Hierarchy](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/specifysoftware/original/2X/2/2e731e241196f8cee4f559e900d755eed4793c1f.jpeg) [Institutional Hierarchy Query.json](https://speciforum.org/uploads/short-url/foXfS4zTMRQRKJ1D4b9cfV5QSDC.json) (6.5 KB) 1. Click on the **Queries** :queries_: navigation menu item. 2. Click New to create a new query. 3. Click Import and select the ‘[Institutional Hierarchy Query.json](https://speciforum.org/uploads/short-url/foXfS4zTMRQRKJ1D4b9cfV5QSDC.json)’ file downloaded from above. ![Query Preview](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/specifysoftware/original/2X/5/51c017f5593b76a7ebb685d12bc15c5400760691.png) ![Query Results](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/specifysoftware/original/2X/8/8485fa426ee3667a094d8d8d9bbc36eb44f2d89e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Grant](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/speciforum.org/grant/32/4255_2.png) [@Grant](https://speciforum.org/u/Grant)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://speciforum.org/t/query-your-institutional-hierarchy/2589/2 "2026-05-20T14:03:41Z")