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docs: Clarify filtering requirements for SQL docs #10352

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AND properties.$current_url LIKE '%/blog%'
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To have the insight or dashboard date range selector apply to the insight, include `{filters}` in query like this:
To have the insight or dashboard date range selector apply to an insight that includes the `events` or `sessions` tables, include `{filters}` in your query like this:

```sql
SELECT *
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AND {filters}
```

Otherwise, if you're querying from tables that aren't `events` or `sessions`, you can use the `{filters.dateRange.from}` and `{filters.dateRange.to}` variables in your query like this:
```sql
SELECT *
FROM your_table yt
WHERE yt.table_column = 'column_name'
AND yt.created_at > {filters.dateRange.from}
AND yt.created_at < {filters.dateRange.to}
```

`WHERE` is also useful for querying across multiple tables. For example, if you have the Hubspot connector set up, you can get a count of events for contacts with a query like this:

```sql
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