Contents

1. Printing Records from SmartPORT
2. Saving Records from SmartPORT
3. E-mailing Records from SmartPORT
4. Histories and Searching Strategies

Printing Records from SmartPORT

By clicking on the Print button in the View Window, you can print the record you currently have in view. It should print to your default printer.

The Print button looks like this:

Alternatively, you can also print from the Hit List Window. The Hit List Window contains the same Print button as the View Window. SmartPORT will prompt you for which record you want to print. Choose a number. Each record in the hit list will have an associated number with it. You can even choose a range of records to print (e.g., "1-3").



Saving Records from SmartPORT

By clicking on the Save button in the View Window, you can save the record you currently have in view in either Raw MARC format or in text format. Alternatively, you can also save records from the Hit List Window as it has the same Save button.

The Save button looks like this:

The prompt SmartPORT will give you will have the number of the record you have in view or highlighted from the Hit List Window. You may change this to another record number or put in a range of numbers (e.g., "1-3") to save multiple records in one file.



When you click on either the Raw or Text button, SmartPORT will ask you what the name of the file is that you want to save the record(s) in. If you plan on loading these records into Workflows at some later time, save them as Raw MARC.



Note: Sirsi erroneously programmed the Save Dialog Box shown above with an Open button. This should really be a Save button and acts just like a Save button.

You can retrieve your saved records by clicking on the Saved Files button on the toolbar that is on the left side of the SmartPORT screen. This will bring up a small window listing your saved files. The buttons on this window provide a number of file management features. By clicking on the View button (leftmost button), you can view your saved records in the same manner as if you were viewing from the Hit List Window. From the View Window you can capture your saved records in the same manner as if you were connected to a database and load them into Workflows.



E-mailing Records from SmartPORT

By clicking on the Mail button in the View Window, you can e-mail the record you currently have in view in either Raw MARC format or in text format. Alternatively, you can also e-mail records from the Hit List Window as it has the same Save button.

The Mail button looks like this:

The prompt SmartPORT will give you will have the number of the record you have in view or highlighted from the Hit List Window. You may change this to another record number or put in a range of numbers (e.g., "1-3") to save multiple records in one file.



SmartPORT will give you the choice of sending the record in Raw MARC or Text format. It will then prompt you for an e-mail address.



Histories and Searching Strategies

Each search you do in SmartPORT is stored while you have a session running. You can view your history of searches by clicking on the Histories button in the toolbar on the left side of the SmartPORT screen.

The Histories button looks like this:

After clicking on the Histories button, you will get a window showing all the searches you have done in your current session. From this window, you can redo the search, modify it, remove it or save it as a strategy.



If you save it as a strategy, you will able to load the strategy into future sessions in SmartPORT. SmartPORT will prompt you for a name of a file to store the strategy in.



Note: Sirsi erroneously programmed the Save Dialog Box shown above with an Open button. This should really be a Save button and acts just like a Save button.

In future sessions, you can retrieve your strategies by clicking on the Strategies button from the toolbar.

The Strategies button looks like this:

After clicking on the Strategies button, a window will appear that will display all of your saved searching strategies. In this window, you can do some file management or have SmartPORT run the strategy by pressing the Search button. Make sure that you have the correct connection open for the strategy.

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