# User actions - action types

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-actions-action-types/322267
**Category:** Data & reporting
**Tags:** sql-query
**Created:** [August 19, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-actions-action-types/322267 "2024-08-19T14:04:33Z")
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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-actions-action-types/322267/2 "2024-08-19T14:11:19Z")

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You can use one of these techniques to make them a more friendly read:

> [@Using VALUES or CASE to make your results more readable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-values-or-case-to-make-your-results-more-readable/276153):
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> Sometimes when building a query with the [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) you’ll find codes are used in the results rather than their textual equivalents. The field often has a key in the [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) tree, but these don’t tend to be as useful when it comes to the results (unless you’ve managed to memorise them all slight_smile) There are a couple of things you can use to make these easier on the eye, and much more widely shareable with others. First up… VALUES This first query was created to pull up all the…

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