Updating a Saved Search or Alert

Editing Saved Searches

Click on the Edit icon to edit a saved search. This opens the Edit Current Search page.

For each statement of the search, Ovid displays four options.

Annotate a search statement
Insert a new statement into the overall search strategy
Edit an existing statement
Delete an existing statement

You can also rename your search by changing the contents of the Search Name field.

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Annotate a Statement

You can add, edit and delete annotations. For more information, see Working with Annotations.

Insert a New Statement

Click the Insert icon of a statement, and Ovid opens an active text box.

Type the change you want to apply, select your Editor Name and add a Note, then click the Insert button.

You can insert statements above or below the current statement by selecting the appropriate command button.

	Insert a statement above the current statement.
	Insert a statement below the current statement.

Ovid refreshes the panel with the new statement in place.

Edit an Existing Statement

Click the Edit icon of a statement, and Ovid opens an active text box with its original statement in it.

Type the changes, then select your Editor Name and add a Note. Then click the Save button.

Ovid refreshes the panel with the new statement in place

Delete an Existing Statement

Click the Delete icon of a search statement, and you're prompted to select your Editor Name and add a Note.

When you are done editing a saved search, you can either:

Click the Cancel button to undo changes made on the Edit Current Search Page
Click the Save button to finalize changes made from the Edit Current Search Page

Editing AutoAlerts

From the Saved Searches page, you can edit an AutoAlert by clicking its icon.

Ovid 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.

	Change name and/or comment text of an AutoAlert, and add your name as the Editor and a note. In addition, this part of the edit panel includes a Suspend option.
	Edit existing AutoAlert statements just like any other saved search (for details, see Editing a Saved Search).
	AutoAlert-specific editing options are almost identical to those provided when you first saved the AutoAlert. For example, review Creating an AutoAlert.
AutoAlert database selections cannot be changed.

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, Ovid displays all interim results in the search history.

Ovid automatically suspends AutoAlerts to email addresses that bounce more than 10 times. If this happens, contact Ovid Customer Support.

Ovid 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 Ovid Customer Support.

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.

For more support information and training content, please visit the
Ovid Tools & Resources Portal.

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