A Saved News Search will help streamline your process for finding coverage as you can quickly gather specific coverage with a single click rather than reconstructing the same search each time you enter the system. Saving a News Search is a great option to use if you are closely monitoring a particular mention following a release, experiencing a crisis, or want to quickly access to a particular set of coverage.
Creating a Saved News Search (with or without an Email Alert)
Click the News tab.
Click on the Search option.
Create a Search using fields that will find the coverage that you want to see each time you launch the Saved Search. The following are a few fields to consider:
Company: If you have Company categories (Analytic Profiles), you may want to consider using Company categories to easily find all mentions for a category. You may select as many categories as you would like to see mentions for in a single Saved Search.
Keyword: The Keyword field is a good option if you do not have categories or want to find mentions that are more specific than your categories. For example, I may have a Company category set up for all mentions of “Cision” but what I only want to see mentions of the “Cision Communications Cloud” in my email alert. If your keyword is more than one word, use quotations as in “Cision Communications Cloud“. Boolean terms may also be added to your keyword search. If you choose to use these terms, be sure to capitalize them as in AND, OR, and AND NOT.
If you want to add any additional fields to your search, click the plus sign to do so.
Note: If you use the Date field, DO NOT put in a specific end date. Doing so will cause you to see the same grouping of news coverage each time you launch a search rather than anything new that has entered the system. The End Date field should be left as “End Date” which defaults to whatever the current date is.
Click the Search button when you are ready to run your search.
At the top of the results page, you will see a list of the criteria you used to build the search.
If you aren't seeing the results you expected, click on Edit Search to return to the search criteria.
When you are satisfied with your search, click on the Save This Search button to save the search for use later in the My Coverage area of the platform.
To Save the Search
Give your search a name for future reference.
Select whether the Search should be visible to all data groups or just the current one.
Note: If you have included any data group specific criteria (i.e Tags) the ability to publish to all data groups will be grayed out.
The middle area of the form will confirm the criteria of the search that you are about to save.
Decide whether you want to receive automated emails about new coverage coming into the system for this saved search. If you simply want to save the search without generating emails, uncheck this box.
Click the Submit button.
If you decide to proceed with creating the automated emails, be sure to check the box and follow the steps in the email alert wizard.
Accessing Your Saved Search(es)
Your Saved Search(es) will appear in two places: the My Coverage page in the Searches panel and in the Saved Searches section of the Search My Coverage area. Anytime you want to quickly see all coverage that meets your search criteria, you can click on the Saved Search in the My Coverage searches panel and your results will appear.
To access the My Coverage page:
Click on the News tab.
Click on the My Coverage option.
To View Saved Searches from the My Coverage Searches Panel:
In the My Coverage Searches Panel, click on the Saved Search for which you want to see results.
The results for the Saved Search will populate in the results panel.
To Edit/Delete a Saved Search or Add/Remove an Email Alert:
Click on the Pencil icon to edit the search name or add/remove an automated Email News Alert.
Click on the Trash Can icon to delete the saved search and any automated email news alerts associated with it.
Click on Edit Search to change the search criteria for your saved search.
To Access Saved Searches from the Search My Coverage Page:
Click on the News tab.
Click on the Search option.
All Saved Searches will appear in the footer area as links, in alphabetical order.
To Run or Edit a Saved Search from Search My Coverage:
Click on the Saved Search that you would like to use.
Once you click on the Saved Search, the name of the search will appear above the criteria.
All of the criteria used in the Saved Search will populate. Once populated, you have the ability to edit any of the criteria before running it. NOTE: Information that is data group specific(i.e tags) will not populate if that data is assigned to another data group.
If you want to add criteria to the search, click the plus icon and click on the minus icon to remove any criteria.
Click Cancel to stop using the Saved Search.
Click Search to see results for the search.
The results for all mentions that meet your criteria will appear.
The Edit Search link will take you back to the Search page with all the previously used search criteria populated so that you can easily make further modifications.
At the top of the page, you will find a reminder of what criteria the Save Search is using with any modifications you made before clicking Search.
You can click the Update or Save New Search button for the option to override your existing search with new criteria or save a new search with the criteria used.
If you opt to Edit or Update your search, make your selection, then click on the Save button.
