Search History

Search History Page Overview

The Search history page contains an overview of all your previously run or saved queries. On this page, you can find the following types of data stored for each query:

• • Query name - The name of the query can be used for a narrow search using the saved query results as the document set instead of the full database using the QUERY() command. The system automatically assigns a name for each run or saved query (the name starts with the letter "Q" for not saved queries, and with the letters "SQ" for saved ones).

Search history query names	Saved search query names

• Last date updated - The date when the search was run for the last time.
• Results - The number of results from the last time the query was run.
• Query - The query syntax used for the search.
• Search language - The search language of the specific search.
• Authority - The authorities selected for the search.
• Stemming - The check mark indicates if Stemming was on when the search was run.

You can filter the history page using the filter box in the top right corner. This is a basic text search in the Query name and Query columns.
Like the search results, the history list is controlled by the Results per page setting option under User Preferences.

Search history actions	Saved search actions

1. You can save any query for later use by clicking on the Save search option above the query box on the main page. This will open the Create new saved search wizard: 

Enter a meaningful name and select or add a new saved search folder. The name cannot contain spaces or characters that are part of the query syntax: + - = & | > < ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~* ? % : / \ .

Each folder name must be unique. Click OK to save the search.

You can also copy or move saved searches to other folders. Open a saved search folder, click on the folder icon, and choose either the Move to saved search folder or the Copy to saved search folder option.
Remember: The maximum amount of saved searches per folder is 100.

2. You can combine the search results of multiple queries. Select each query via the checkbox in front of the query name and click the Combine queries button.

3. You can compare the search results of two queries. Select each query via the checkbox in front of the query name and click the Compare queries button.

4. You can delete multiple queries at once. Select the queries you no longer need and click the Delete queries button.

5. You can download the search result list in a comprehensive report for future reference. When you
execute a large number of queries it is hard to keep track. Select the queries you need for future reference and click the Download history button. Select the file format of your preference, the download will start immediately.

6. Re-run a query. Clicking on the query name will execute the same query again and will give you the same results, unless:

• New documents are uploaded that match the search criteria.

• You have changed your family settings. The query history does not save the family settings used. When for example:

• • You have executed a query in domestic family mode, only the earliest document of that family is displayed in the result list.
  • You change your preferred family mode to complete family, another document might qualify as the earliest document and therefore the re-run will show this document.

If you re-run it a saved query, the result count will not be updated, only the status and content of the documents that already were listed among your results.

7. Create alerts. Alerts are notifications to check and notify on a regular basis if a change in the database has occurred in relation to a search query. 

8. Delete a query from the history. Note: Search history is not cleared automatically.

9. By clicking on the icon, you open the settings panel to edit the query. Here, you can change the name, the query itself, the authority selection, the search language and switch stemming on and off. Click OK to save your changes.

Note: Consider copying and pasting the query to the query box on the main page, and creating a new saved search based on the results.

10. Update the result count of the saved query. Use this option after you have changed the settings
of the saved search.

Tip: The search history is stored in the system for a period of one year. We recommend saving the queries you want to re-use as saved searches, so you can add meaningful names to your queries and find them more easily later on.

Save a Search Query

You can save your search queries in designated folders for later use.

Save a Search Query From the Query Box

You can save any query to a folder for later use by clicking on the Save search option above the query box on the main page. This will open the Create new saved search wizard:

Enter a meaningful name and select or add a new saved search folder. The name cannot contain spaces or characters that are part of the query syntax: + - = & | > < ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~* ? % : / \ . Each folder name must be unique. Click OK to save the search.

Create a Saved Search Folder

You can find the saved search folders on the left side panel of the Search history page. Create new folders for your saved searches by clicking on the Add folder option. The number of folders is not limited, but each folder name must be unique. 
You can also copy or move saved searches to other folders. Open a saved search folder, click on the folder icon, and choose either the Move to saved search folder or the Copy to saved search folder option. 
Remember: The maximum amount of saved searches per folder is 100.

Compare Queries

You can select a maximum of 2 queries at a time from your search history or your saved queries to compare their results. This option will run a new search with both of the compared queries. The Venn-diagrams, which you can see on the left side panel on the Search history page, help to visualize the all possible combinations of the results of the selected queries.
You can choose to see documents that are among the results of both queries (AND), or the results of only one of the queries (OR), or you can exclude the results of one of the queries from the results of the other query (NOT). After selecting the two queries from the history page, click on the Compare queries option. Select the operator you are interested in from the list or by clicking on the area of interest in the diagram itself.

Caution: A query comparison creates and executes a new query. You can add additional criteria, for example add AND PD:[2017-01-01 to *] to the query if you are interested in documents published later than 2016. Take care this removes the comparison diagram.
Tip: The compared queries are stored together as a newly created third query on the Search history page.

Compare or Combine and Stemming

You can apply stemming only per query. If you compare or combine two queries, the system will
apply stemming (on/off) based on the following schema:

Export Search History

You can download your search history as a comprehensive report.
1 . On the Search history page, select the queries you want to include in your report. This will activate the Download history button.
2 . Select the download format and save the file in a location of your preference. You can choose from the following formats: CSV, Excel, Word, PDF.
You can find the following information in the exported report:

• Query name - The name of the query.
• Last Updated - The recorded time of the last query execution.
• Result - The number of results retrieved using these settings.
• Query - The query syntax used.
• Search Language - The language used to execute the query.
• Authority - The active authorities selected before the query was executed 

Remember: As our database is constantly updated, executing a query specified in this report
at a later stage may lead to additional results.