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: Sep/Oct 2002
Enhance Your Dialog AlertsSM (cont'd)
METHOD 3: Modify Your Current Alert Using the EDIT Command
Best method when you want to
- Revise the search or PRINT statements in your search and are comfortable using the Dialog online editor.
Available in: DialogClassic, DialogClassic Web, DialogWeb—Command.
Use for Alerts created in: DialogClassic, DialogClassic Web, DialogWeb—Command or Guided Search.
Many experienced Dialog command-language searchers will be familiar and comfortable using the Dialog online editor. Using the editor, you can change the text for each line of the saved Alert. You can opt to use the EDIT command to modify only the search and PRINT statements, then enter SAVE ALERT to bring up Alerts menu as shown in Method 1. See Figure 3 below for an illustration of Method 3.
Figure 3: Modify Your Current Alert Using the EDIT Command
In this example, shown in the DialogClassic interface, the Dialog online editor is used to modify an Alert.
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
Enter the EDIT command followed by the Alert name.
?EDIT DXAPPLE
DXAPPLE 21aug02 Weekly 16 148 275
Note: You may change settings and scheduling when
you SAVE the Alert.
Editor entered
Name: DXAPPLE
Total lines: 4
Line increment: 10
Last line: 40
EDIT:
Enter the LIST command to see all of the search statements.
?LIST
10. S APPLE()COMPUTER/CO AND PARTNER?
20. PR S1/9/ALL
30. S APPLE()COMPUTER/CO AND PARTNER?
40. S APPLE()COMPUTER/CO AND PARTNER?
EDIT:
Enter the SAVE ALERT command to bring up the Alert settings menu.
?SAVE
Your alert currently has these settings:
1. Databases: 16 148 275
2. Frequency: Weekly
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
Each setting is numbered. To change the setting, enter the number.
?2
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
To customize the frequency, enter "2" for the Frequency setting,
then "C" to Customize the settings.
?C
Choose when you want the alert to run: Q=Quit H=Help
1. Monthly
2. Twice a month
3. Weekly
4. Daily
?4
Enter exact hour to run the Alert (e.g, 2pm or 14)
Q=Quit H=Help
?6PM
Your alert currently has these settings:
1. Databases: 16 148 275
2. Frequency: Daily
3. Run at: 6PM
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
?5
Do you want notification even if no documents are found?
Y=Yes N=No
?N
A listing of the changes made to the Alert appears before you are
asked to save it again.
Your alert currently has these settings:
1. Databases: 16 148 275
2. Frequency: Daily
3. Run at: 6PM
4. Dedupe: Y
5. Notify: ONLY when new documents are found
(Notify=OFF)
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
-->Replace "DXAPPLE"? (Y=Yes N=No)
?Y
Alert "DXAPPLE" stored
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