The Business Result Set

This chapter addresses the following topics.

• Finding Your Way Around

• The Column Headings and the Record Row

• The Business Result Set Tool Bar

• The Refine Search Panel

Finding Your Way Around

The Business Result Set is shown below.

Business Result Set Features

1. The Record Row

2. The Column Headings

3. The Collection Tab

4. The Business Result Set Tool Bar

5. The Refine Search panel

6. The Breadcrumb Navigation tool

7. The Business Set Preferences link

8. The Search History link

9. The Business Result Set Help link

10. The Return to Search Form button

11. The Display and Sort Options button

12. The Records per Page selector

13. The Go to Page box

14.  The Page Navigation tool

15.  The Make These My Default Search Preferences checkbox

16.  The Page Count display

The Column Headings and the Record Row

The Column Headings and a typical Record Row are shown below..

The Column Headings

The Column Headings contains the names of the fields selected for display in the result set.  The default selection is shown above.  You may change these in Business Result Set Preferences.

Many of the field names in Column Headings are links that enable you to sort the result set by that field, in either ascending or descending order.

Click any sortable column heading to sort on that field.  Click it a second time to reverse the sort order.

The default business result set sort order is descending alphabetical by the first field.  Click the first field name to sort by publication number, ascending order.  Click it again to return to descending order.

The following fields are sortable column headings.

The Record Row

The Record row contains all the fields you have selected for display.  Each name in the List Sort row is the head of a column, and the field data is displayed in columnar fashion beneath them.  Click the title link to open the document in Record View.

The Business Result Set Tool Bar

The Business Result Set tool bar is shown below.

Save

To save the query you used to generate the current result set, click Save Search Query.

Select records by checking their checkbox.  Select all records on the current page by checking the master checkbox in the list sort row.  Select all records on the result set by leaving all checkboxes unchecked.

To save the selected records as a new Work File, click New Work File.  If you have not selected any records, all are saved as a new Work File.

To add the selected records to an existing work file, click Add to Work File.  If you have not selected any records, all are added.

Note that a work file may contain a maximum of 1000 records.

Alerts

To receive notification that a search you created has been run for you and that the results are available for you to review, click Alerts to display the Create Alert Setup panel, shown below.

Please see the Alerts chapter for details.

Marked List

Use the Marked List to compile a temporary list of records from a number of different result sets or work files, then add them to a work file or save them as a new one.  Alternatively, save records to the marked list so that they may be examined more closely later, before saving them to a work file.  Unlike a work file, which may contain only records of like type, the marked list may contain records of any type.

Add selected records to the marked list by clicking Add to Marked List.

After you have added the selected records to the marked list, their checkboxes on the result set are surrounded in yellow.  This is to confirm that these records are now on the marked list.  See below.

Even though you have not saved the marked list, it appears in your Work Files folder during your session.  To view the marked list, click Marked List then View Marked List on the business result set toolbar, or click the Marked List link in the Saved Work File Metadata panel.  See the Saved Work chapter for details.

The marked list is shown below.  It contains literature, business and patent records.  Note the three tabs titled Literature (3), Business (6) and Patents (3.  These indicate that the marked list contains three literature records, six business records and three patent records.

You are presented with the following dialog when you log in.

If you wish to retain the Marked List from your previous session, click OK .

If you wish to clear the Marked List, check the Clear button, then click OK .

You may also clear the Marked List by clicking Marked List, then Clear All Marks on the Business Result Set toolbar.

Note that if you wish to save the contents of the Marked List as a Work File, you will need to save each record type as a different Work File.  A Work File can only save records of like type.

Print

The Print feature produces a printer-friendly copy of your result set.

To print the entire result set, click List.

To print only specific records, first select records by checking their checkbox, or select all records on the current page by checking the master checkbox in the list sort row.  Then click Selected Records to produce a printer-friendly copy containing only the selected records. 

An example of the printer-friendly copy is shown below.

Click Print to send the printer-friendly copy to your printer.

Note that in the example above, highlighting for printing is enabled.  See the Highlighting chapter for more information.

Highlight

View or edit your Highlighting settings for the current result set by clicking Highlight.  The Highlighting panel, shown below, displays.

Use the Highlighting panel to add or remove highlighted terms or to change highlighting colors.

Please see the Highlighting chapter for details.

To turn highlight printing off for a monochromatic printer, see Highlighting Preferences.

Exports & Reports

You may export selected records in a number of different formats as a report.  You may select the fields you wish to include in your report, and specify the order in which they appear.  You may specify delivery options as well.  Set these parameters in the Exports & Reports Setup panel.

To display the Exports & Reports Setup panel, shown below, click Exports & Reports.

Please see the Exports & Reports chapter for details.

The Refine Search Panel

Click the Refine Search link to display the Refine Search panel, shown below.

Edit Search Query

To edit your search string, run the new search, and create a new result set, use Edit Search Query.

Search Within Result Set

To search a single field within the current result set, and create a new result set, use Search Within Result Set.

Advanced Subsearch

To perform a fielded search within the current result set, and create a new result set, use Advanced Subsearch.  See the Business Searching chapter for detailed information on fielded search.

To display the Advanced Subsearch panel, shown below, click the Advanced Subsearch link.

Return to Search Form

To return to the Business Search screen, click the Return to Search Form button  .  The Search screen retains all your search criteria.

Display and Sort Options

Press the Display and Sort Options button to fine-tune the appearance of your Result Set.

For each of the five content types you can

• Select the fields you wish to display, the sort field, and the order in which you want them sorted.

• Select how many records to display on a single page.  Set to 10, 20, 50 or 100 Records per page.

See Business Fields for detailed field descriptions.