Automate a Coverage Report
How Automation Works in Muck Rack
Automation is powered by Trackers. They hold the search criteria and filters that determine what coverage gets added over time. Alerts are a separate notification layer that can also help you manually save individual hits to a report.
Tracker → Coverage Report (automation): Automatically adds matching coverage over time.
Alert → Coverage Report (manual): Save individual articles when you want tighter editorial control.
There are two ways to automate a Coverage Report:
From your Search Results / Tracker
From Coverage Report Settings
Automate Your Report From Search Results
From your Search Results page, select the Automate Coverage Report button from the action bar that appears at the top.
IMPORTANT: Selecting the Automate Coverage Report button does NOT automatically pull articles from the current search results into the Coverage Report. To add coverage to your report, follow the steps listed in our Populate a Coverage Report article.
If you haven't already saved your search as a Tracker, you will be prompted to create one. Give your Tracker a name, then select Save. This will be used to power your Coverage Report.
Then, do one of the following:
Select an existing Coverage Report from the dropdown, or
Enter a name to create a new Coverage Report.
Select Save, then one of the following:
Save and view Coverage Report: Navigate away from the search results page to the Coverage Report
Save and view Tracker: Remain on the search results page
Automate Your Report From Coverage Report Settings
Navigate to your Coverage Report Settings page.
Scroll down to the Data automation section.
Select a Tracker from the Add Trackers dropdown. You can select up to 50 Trackers to power a single Coverage Report.
NOTE: The Keywords & filters and Broadcast sections are no longer here, however you can still use the same logic that was available before. Any keywords, links, filters, etc. that you'd like to use to filter content into your report, including Broadcast data if applicable, will now be down from an attached Tracker rather than an Alert or the Coverage Report Settings page.
Important: When broadcast clips are added to your Coverage Reports through Trackers, you will still need to save the broadcast clip to ensure the video and transcript remain available. Learn more about clip availability and how to save broadcast clips in our Broadcast Clips article.
Select the Save button at the bottom.
⚠️Important: Automating a report will not immediately populate it with coverage. You will need to backfill your report using one of the options outlined in our Populate a Coverage Report article.
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