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Using the SORT HITS Command in Dialog Alerts

You can now add the SORT HITS command to your Alerts' strategies to improve relevance when searching fulltext databases like Dialog NewsRoom. Use it with other fulltext strategies: proximity connectors, restricting to title (/TI), descriptors (/DE) and lead paragraph (/LP). Then using SORT HITS: sort set number/range of records/hits, view your results before setting up the Alert.

?sort s3/all/hits

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