Running previous search queries

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Running previous search queries

When you click the Review button in the Standard toolbar, two additional Dynamic toolbar buttons become active: Edit and Activate. The Edit button adds queries from the Review view to the Advanced Search panel. The Activate button initiates a previous search query and the search results are displayed in the Table view.

The Activate button can be used with the Persistent Search option.  If the Persistent Search option is enabled in the Search pane and then the Activate button is selected, Concordance Desktop returns all the records that contain both the terms in the query and the Persistent Search text file.

The Review view does not list the Persistent Search terms in the Search Terms(s) column; however, the Number of Hits column does count the terms in the total number of hits.

To Review a Previous Search Query

On the Standard toolbar, click the Review button.

All searches conducted since you opened the Concordance Desktop session are saved and displayed in the Review view.

To Rerun a Previous Search Query

In the Review view, do one of the following:

Double-click the search query.

Select the search query, and then on the Dynamic toolbar, click Activate.

Right-click the search query, and then click Activate.

The first record of the search results displays in the Browse view. You can also view the query results in the Table view.

To Copy a Previous Search Query

In the Review view, do one of the following:

Right-click the search query, click Copy Query, and then right-click in a search field and click Paste.

Select the search query, and then on the Dynamic toolbar, click Edit.

Right-click the search query, and then click Edit.

The query displays in the Advanced Search panel, where you can add or edit the search logic for a new query.

To Combine and Run Search Queries Using Query Numbers

1.In the Search Number column in the Review view, locate the query numbers for two previous searches.

2.In the Advanced Search box, type in the numbers for those two search queries.

i.For example: 3 AND 9.

ii.It isn’t necessary to type in the preceding zeros displayed in the Search Number column.

3.Click the Search button.

i.Combining both search queries narrows your search results. Remember that the number of keyword hits and documents found display in the Results field of the Advanced Search panel.