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EXECUTE/EXECUTE STEPS (continued)

EXECUTEing a SearchSave within a New SearchSave

You can use a SearchSave at any time during a search, since its sets are renumbered according to the current set history. However, if you are using the SearchSave within another strategy, and your SearchSave contains set numbers in its command lines, and you plan to also SAVE this new search, you must either EXECUTE the first SearchSave immediately following the BEGIN command, or you must use the EXECUTE STEPS command instead of EXECUTE, so that any set numbers used within the earlier SearchSave remain valid in the new SearchSave.

If you are not going to SAVE the new search, you can EXECUTE the SearchSave at any point during the search session; Dialog will adjust the internal set numbering during the execution process.

 

Using EXECUTE with Partial SearchSaves

Command Format: EXECUTE STEPS <SearchSave>/USER
<User Id>/<line number(s)>

To EXECUTE only certain command lines from a SearchSave, enter EXECUTE STEPS followed by the serial number or name of the SearchSave, a slash, the word "user" followed by your User Id, a second slash, and the line number(s) you want EXECUTEd. If you enter a single line number, only that line will EXECUTE. It is not possible to EXECUTE a partial command line.

Use RECALL if you need to confirm the command lines of a SearchSave before executing all or part of it.

Note: A SearchSave can be used at any time during a search session, since Dialog automatically renumbers its sets according to current set history. If the range of command lines used begins with line 1 (e.g., EXS BLOG/USER 300123/1-2), the sets will be numbered correctly when the set EXECUTEs. However, if the range of lines begins with a line subsequent to the first (e.g., EXS BANKING/user 300123/3-7), the renumbering of sets that occurs as the SearchSave EXECUTEs can cause any set numbers within the commands of the strategy to be incorrect.

To avoid this problem, you may wish to EDIT the original strategy and create a new SearchSave containing only the lines of interest, since you can adjust the set numbers with the Online Editor before running the search.

• To EXECUTE a partial SearchSave:

?s nurs? or doctor? or medic?
        34944   NURS?
        11025   DOCTOR?
        58952   MEDIC?
S1      95940   S NURS? OR DOCTOR? OR MEDIC?

?recall burn
Name                      Modified                  Size
------------------------  ------------------------  ----
BURN                      2008-05-08 07:54:53       4

Line Command
---- -------
1.   s stress
2.   s burnout or burn(w)out or depression
3.   s psychology
4.   s s1 and s2 and s3

?exs burn/user 356433/1-2
 EXS: s stress
S2      61227   S STRESS
 EXS: s burnout or burn(w)out or depression
         2229   BURNOUT
         1477   BURN
       133225   OUT
          147   BURN(W)OUT
        22221   DEPRESSION
S3      24484   S BURNOUT OR BURN(W)OUT OR DEPRESSION

?s s1 and s2 and s3
        95940   S1
        61227   S2
        24484   S3
S4        889   S S1 AND S2 AND S3

?type s4/6/1-2

(File 35: Dissertation Abstracts Online)

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DialogLink Online Help

DialogLink 5 Enhanced Features
Alerts
Bluesheet Annotations
DIALINDEX®
Linking Pane
Marking Retrieve Buffer Content
Record Links
Saving and Editing Search Saves
Reporting Option

Commands Available Through DialogLink

ADD
BEGIN
CAPTURE
COST
DISPLAY
DISPLAY SETS
EDIT
EDIT ADDRESS
EXCEL
EXECUTE/ EXECUTE STEPS
EXPAND
HELP
HTML
IDENTIFY DUPLICATES
IDENTIFY DUPLICATES ONLY
IDPAT
KEEP
LIMITALL
LOGOFF
LOGOFF HOLD
LOGON
MAP
ORDER
PICKLIST
PRINT
RANK
RANK FILES
RECALL
RELEASE
REMOVE DUPLICATES
REPEAT
REPORT
SAVE ALERT
SAVE SEARCH
SELECT
SEND
SET
SHOW
SHOW PREFERENCES
SORT
TEXT
TYPE
VIEW
VISUAL EXPAND
VISUAL RANK
WORD
XML
XSLT

Appendix A: Punctuation and Symbols

Appendix B: Restricted Words

Appendix C: Glossary

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