Setting Automation Parameters

PatentWatcher™ enables you to schedule saved searches to be run again automatically at intervals you specify.  The saved searches you want to automate must be selected (checked) in the Saved Searches dialog.  (See Automating Selected Saved Searches)

When you select (check) a saved search, PatentWatcher™ opens the Automation Parameters dialog.  PatentWatcher™ also opens this dialog if you highlight a saved search and then use the Automation Parameters command.  This dialog lets you set or edit the automation parameters for the selected saved search.  PatentWatcher™ needs to know:

• the time interval between automated runs of the query, and
• a file name where the hit list for automated runs of the query will be saved.

The time interval is the product of the kind of time unit (minute, hour, day, week, month) and the number of units.  The dialog lets you set the unit of time and the number of units.  The dialog also lets you choose named days of the week:  Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, etc.

To understand the effect of the interval parameters, see the topic Date Ranges With Look and Automation and the subtopic "To Run or Not to Run An Automated Search" in the topic Automating Selected Saved Searches.

To set the file name parameter, type a file name or simply accept the default file name that PatentWatcher™ suggests.  The file must have a .HTM file name extension.  Do not include a drive or full path to the file.  All hit lists for automated queries are saved to a folder called HitLists in the installation folder of the program.