Change Management Process for SAP Queries

Our company has recently implemented SAP. We are having some struggles with agreeing on a process for developing queries in SQ01. Our functional specialists currently have to create a query in DEV200 then download to DEV100 to create a transport.
Is this the general practice? It seems very strange and way too cumbersome considering SAP Query was designed for quick access to data. As for security the tables are already protected by the roles assigned to the users and the queries are assigned to User Groups within the query.
It also seems that HR uses the queries for all kinds of data searching so access to SQ01 to create a quick query in PRD seems appropriate.

Hi Karen,
I have seen some companies severly restrict query writing and usage because queries, if not written well, can seriously degrade system performance.
A potential rationale for your company's approach could be to test the query's efficacy and resulting system performance when a query is run. However, this kind of test won't be very accurate unless you do frequent refreshes of your production system.
I have been with some companies who do write queries in PRD, but the ability to write queries is limited to a very few number of people and they wind up becoming strictly query writers which somewhat defeats the purpose.
A lot of the answer to how your company should approach query writing is going to depend on your landscape, who has access to write queries, and if that access is to information that crosses all functions or is limited to a smaller set of data.
If your company has always had information dissemination controlled by IT, i.e. users have historically had to go to a central group to get a report, then there will be cultural changes needed as well as training if the user population should write queries directly in PRD.
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