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Saved Searches in OvidSP
Edit Saved Searches
Edit previously saved Searches and AutoAlerts from the Saved Searches Page in OvidSP.
| Click its Edit icon to edit a saved search. |  | OvidSP opens the Edit Current Search Page.
For each statement of the search, OvidSP displays three options.
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Insert a New Statement
| Click the Insert icon of a statement, and OvidSP opens an active text box.
Type the change you want to apply, then click the Submit button. |
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You can insert statements above or below the current statement by selecting the appropriate command button.
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OvidSP refreshes the panel with the new statement in place.
Edit an Existing Statement
| Click the Edit icon of a statement, and OvidSP opens an active text box with the existing statement in it. Type the change you want to apply, then click the Submit button. |  |
OvidSP refreshes the panel with the newly edited statement in place.
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Saved searches that contain natural language statements cannot be edited. OvidSP displays a message in the statement's Edit column Edit not allowed. |
Delete an Existing Statement
Click the Delete icon of a search statement, and OvidSP eliminates the statement immediately.
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OvidSP deletes search statements immediately. No interim page displays, and statements cannot be retrieved. |
When you are done editing a saved search, you have two options to proceed.
- Click the Cancel button to undo changes made on the Edit Current Search Page.
- Click the Save button to finalizes changes made from the Edit Current Search Page.
| From the Saved Searches Page, you can edit an AutoAlert by clicking its Edit icon. |  |
OvidSP opens the Edit Current Search Page which, for an AutoAlert, has two sections: Edit search panels (same as other saved searches) and AutoAlert option panels.
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Change comment text of an AutoAlert. In addition, this part of the edit panel contains a Suspend option. |  |
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Edit existing AutoAlert statements just like any other saved search (for details, see Editing a Saved Search). | |
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AutoAlert-specific editing options are almost identical to those provided when you first saved the AutoAlert. For examples, review Creating an AutoAlert | |
| AutoAlert database selections cannot be changed. |
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Shared searches and expert searches cannot be suspended by individual users.
Suspended AutoAlerts can be edited from the Saved Searches Page but cannot be run manually. When you rerun an unsuspended AutoAlert, OvidSP displays all interim results in the search history. |
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OvidSP displays a system-suspended message for AutoAlerts that fail over a certain period of time. This occurs when your site no longer subscribes to one or more of the databases in the alert. If this happens, contact your site administrator or OvidSP Customer Support. |
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In the case of system-suspended AutoAlerts, email updates are withheld until the site subscription is renewed. In the event that you need to reverse a system auto-suspension, contact Ovid Customer Support. |
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