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: Sep/Oct 2002
Enhance Your Dialog AlertsSM (cont'd)
METHOD 2: Recreate the Alert Using the EXECUTE Command With an Existing Alert
Best method when you want to
- Revise the search or PRINT statements in your search
- To change the delivery format or address.
Available in: DialogClassic, DialogClassic Web, DialogWeb—Command.
Use for Alerts created in: DialogClassic, DialogClassic Web, DialogWeb—Command or Guided Search.
This method involves running your Alert as an interactive search, using the ADD command to add additional databases (or modify the "Databases" list in the Alerts settings menu), modifying the search strategy as desired, then entering SAVE ALERT to modify delivery options and save the revised Alert.
Because an Alert is a SearchSave (search stored in a file), you can use the editor-related commands to view, modify, or execute it. EXECUTE (EX) or EXECUTE STEP (EXS), followed by the Alert name, will execute the Alert as an interactive search. Only the following commands in the saved Alert are executed: SELECT, SELECT STEPS, SET and SORT; the PRINT commands are ignored. The difference between EX and EXS is that EX runs the search and creates a single final set, whereas EXS runs the search and creates sets for each search statement. In most cases, EXS would be the command of choice.
When you SAVE your revised Alert with a new name, be sure to delete the old Alert, e.g., RELEASE <name>. If you have not entered a new PRINT statement, you will be prompted to do so when you enter SAVE ALERT. See Figure 2 below for an illustration of Method 2. [Appears at end of this document]
Figure 2: Recreate the Alert Using the EXECUTE Command With an Existing Alert
In this example, shown in the DialogClassic interface, an existing Alert is rerun as an interactive search using the EXS command, the ADD command is used, and the revised Alert is saved.
Edit the Alert in a free database (File 410 or 415).
?b 415
File 415:DIALOG Bluesheets(TM) 2002/Jun 17
(c) 2002 The Dialog Corporation
Set Items Description
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Enter the EXS command followed by the Alert name to see the
search statements.
?EXS DD001
20340 APPLE/CO
67857 COMPUTER/CO
20169 APPLE/CO(W)COMPUTER/CO
98506 PARTNER?
S3 1416 APPLE()COMPUTER/CO AND PARTNER?
Add the databases in which to run the search.
?ADD 16,148
SYSTEM:OS - DIALOG OneSearch
*File 16: Alert feature enhanced for multiple files,
duplicate removal, customized scheduling.
See HELP ALERT.
*File 148: Alert feature enhanced for multiple files,
duplicate removal, customized scheduling.
See HELP ALERT.
You have 3 files in your file list.
Set Items Description
--- ----- -----------
You can DISPLAY SETS to view previous sets that have been retained.
Added File(s): 16, 148
Previous sets have been retained; enter DISPLAY SETS
to view them.
Enter the SAVE ALERT command to bring up the Alert settings menu.
?SAVE ALERT
Do you want the Alert run based on a file's Alert
Update schedule or on a Custom schedule you set up?
U=Update C=Custom Q=Quit H=Help
Do you want the Alert run based on a file's Alert
Update schedule or on a Custom schedule you set up?
U=Update C=Custom Q=Quit H=Help
Determine whether to use the standard update frequency (U)
or set your own via a custom (C) setting. Each setting is numbered.
To change the setting, enter the number.
?C
If a file has multiple update frequencies, do you
want to accept the default or choose file by file?
D=Default C=Choose Q=Quit H=Help
Modify the settings.
?D
Do you want duplicates removed automatically?
Y=Yes N=No H=Help
?y
Do you want notification even if no documents are found?
Y=Yes N=No
?y
Your alert currently has these settings:
1. Databases: 275 16 148
2. Frequency: When database is updated 275(W)
3. Run at: Wednesday at 3PM
4. Dedupe: Y
5. Notify: ALWAYS, even if no new documents are
found (Notify=ON)
To make a change, enter a line number.
To save the Alert, enter S for Save.
Q=Quit H=Help
When you have finished modifying the settings, enter "S" to save
the Alert. If you do not specify a different name, you are asked
to confirm that the existing Alert should be overwritten.
?S
Enter up to 6 characters for a name. Include at least
one letter. Or press ENTER for system-assigned name.
Q=Quit H=Help
Give the Alert a name. If you do not specify a different name,
you are asked to confirm that the existing Alert should
be overwritten.
?APPLE
Alert "DXAPPLE" saved
Release the Alert with the old settings.
?RELEASE DD001
Alert/Searchsave DD001 released
Note: To delete an address, enter RELEASE
ADDRESS <name>
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