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STEPS Option

The STEPS option creates a separate SELECT statement for each search term included in the SearchSave that MAP creates. When the SearchSave is EXECUTEd, a final SELECT statement ORs together the individual sets using the colon (:) range operator.

The STEPS option creates a maximum of 50 SELECT statements plus one for the ORed set. Although the STEPS option creates a SELECT statement for each term in the SearchSave, the number of sets created when you EXECUTE the SearchSave will depend on whether you use EXECUTE (EX) or EXECUTE STEPS (EXS). EXECUTE creates only one final, combining set, while EXECUTE STEPS creates a separate set for each SELECT statement. This allows you to TYPE records from a particular set within the SearchSave.

In addition, the single set that EXECUTE creates contains the serial number of the SearchSave, and cannot be used in a subsequent SearchSave of the current strategy. For all of these reasons, EXECUTE STEPS (EXS) is preferred over EXECUTE.

In the following example, a search retrieves records for patents. The MAP PA TEMP STEPS command creates a temporary SearchSave of the patent assignees. The search is then executed (EXS) to create separate sets for all patents by each of the patent assignees.

• To use the STEPS option:

File 348:EUROPEAN PATENTS 1978-2007/ 200809
       (c) 2008 European Patent Office

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?s orthotic(W)(insert or insole or wedge)/ti
              92  ORTHOTIC/TI
            3051  INSERT/TI
             257  INSOLE/TI
             414  WEDGE/TI
      S1       4  ORTHOTIC(W)(INSERT OR INSOLE OR WEDGE)/TI

?map pa temp steps
Temp SearchSave "TD499" stored
5 Select Statements, 4 Search Term(s) 
SearchSave TD499

1 SearchSave(s),  4 Search Term(s)

?exs
Executing TD499
      S2       1  PA=BRANGER MICHAEL ROBERT
      S3       1  PA=EPSTEIN MEREL
      S4       1  PA=FOOT STEPS ORTHOTICS PTY LIMITED
      S5       1  PA=ORTHOMATIC INDUSTRIES OF HOUSTON LLC
      S6       4  S2:S5

(MAP: EX or EXS Option) 

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