When you create a query, you are retrieving data from a table or other objects structured like tables - views and certain user-defined functions. To work with any of these objects in your query, you add them to the diagram pane.
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Tables and views are automatically added to the query when you reference them in the statement in the SQL editor.
Note
A connection you are using while dragging a table must be the connection of the query document. You will not be able to perform a drag and drop operation from another connection.