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Support : Dialog Search Aids : Successful Searching : EDIT PROFILE : Commands

Commands to Use with Your Profile

[RECALL
PROFILE]
[EDIT
PROFILE]
[RELEASE
PROFILE]

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RECALL PROFILE

Use RECALL PROFILE to view your Dialog profile from any file. This command allows you to see what commands are currently stored in your Dialog profile, but will not allow you to make any additions or changes to your profile.

• To RECALL your Dialog profile:

?recall profile
Line Command
---- -------
1. SET ALIAS CHOOSE SELECT
2. SET ALIAS BIBLIO TI,AU,SO
3. SET ALIAS PQAD PRINT QUERY ACTIVE DETAIL
4. SET U1 TI,DE
5. SET SUBACCT ?

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EDIT PROFILE

To make changes to your existing Dialog profile, enter the EDIT PROFILE command. You will be placed into the Online Editor, and you can use any of the Online Editor commands listed in this section to change your profile.

• To change your existing profile:

?edit profile
Editor entered 
Name: PROFILE 
Total lines: 5 
Line increment: 10 
Last line: 50 
EDIT: 

?list
10. SET ALIAS CHOOSE SELECT
20. SET ALIAS BIBLIO TI,AU,SO
30. SET ALIAS PQAD PRINT QUERY ACTIVE DETAIL
40. SET U1 TI,DE
50. SET SUBACCT ?
EDIT: 
?change 50/subacct ?/subacct finance/
50. SET SUBACCT FINANCE
EDIT: 
?list
10. SET ALIAS CHOOSE SELECT
20. SET ALIAS BIBLIO TI,AU,SO
30. SET ALIAS PQAD PRINT QUERY ACTIVE DETAIL
40. SET U1 TI,DE
50. SET SUBACCT FINANCE
EDIT: 
?save profile
-->Replace "PROFILE"? (yes/no) 
?y
PROFILE stored 
Exit from editor 

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RELEASE PROFILE

To remove your existing Dialog profile from the Dialog system, enter the RELEASE PROFILE command.

• To remove your existing profile from the Dialog system:

?release profile
PROFILE released

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Successful Searching "Quick Links":

Complete Table of Contents

Introduction to Dialog
Special Dialog Features
Dialog Command Language Search Basics
Search Assistance and Tools
How to Use this Guide

Commands
ADD
ARCHIVE
BEGIN
CAPTURE
COST
DISPLAY
DISPLAY SETS
EDIT
EDIT ADDRESS
EDIT PROFILE
EXCEL
EXECUTE/ EXECUTE STEPS
EXPAND
HELP
HTML
IDENTIFY DUPLICATES
IDENTIFY DUPLICATES ONLY
IDPAT
KEEP
LIMITALL
LOGOFF
LOGOFF HOLD
MAP
ORDER
PAGE/PAGE–
PAUSE
PICKLIST
PRINT
RANK
RANK FILES
RECALL
REDIST
RELEASE
REMOVE DUPLICATES
REPEAT
REPORT
SAVE
SELECT
SEND
SET
SHOW
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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