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Application Icon   How to run a search automatically

Search sets are not only collections of rules about how to run a search, they are also the key to research automation in DEVONagent Pro. Add a default query to a search set and set its scheduler to make DEVONagent Pro run the search when you're not around, e.g., in the middle of the night, and execute chosen actions when the search is completed.

Schedule a search run

Step by step: You want to run the "Marketing" search set automatically once every day and send the results to you by email.

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    Step 1:  Click here to have the Search Sets window opened and the "Marketing" search set selected for you.
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    Step 2: Switch to the Actions tab.
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    Step 3: Check Send mail to and enter your email address.
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    Step 4: Switch to the Schedule tab.
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    Step 5: Select Daily and set the time to, e.g., 9 a.m.

As the "Marketing" search set contains a default query on the General tab, you are done. Tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. DEVONagent Pro will automagically activate and run a search for the default query of the "Marketing" set. When it is finished, it will send a summary email to the specified email address.

Note: Your Mac needs to be on at the time the search set is scheduled to run. DEVONagent Pro is not able to wake your Mac up from sleep mode.