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Saved Searches

Learn how to save your search criteria to streamline your workflow, ways to use your saved searches across Muck Rack, and their benefits.

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Written by Sara Sorenson
Updated over 3 weeks ago

Saved Searches

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Saved Search allows you to save and refer back to search queries you use regularly. Saved Search will save keywords, Boolean Search, and filters in a search, allowing you to run that search again without requiring you to type the search details.

Saved Searches can also be used to populate Alert Digests, Dashboard widgets, Trend Reports, and Key Message Reports. They are particularly helpful when trying to track specific subsets of coverage, such as key messages. The benefit of a Saved Search is that it allows you to filter content and data while remaining dynamic and updating in real-time as items appear within the Muck Rack database.

From any search results page, select the Save icon in the Search bar or the "Save Search" button on the action bar just above the results.

Shows the search results page with the 'Save Search' buttons circled in red

Once your search has been saved, a success message will appear where you can name your Saved Search and choose whether you would like to use your new Saved Search to create an Alert Digest (Monitor), as a data source in a Dashboard (Analyze), or both (Monitor and Analyze):

Close up of the Saved Search success message with the "Monitor and Analyze" button expanded to show options to Monitor or Analyze coverage


Find A Saved Search

There are two main ways to access your Saved Searches in Muck Rack:

  1. Above the Search bar wherever it appears.

    Shows the 'Saved Searches' option at the top of the persistent search bar


  2. By selecting Media Database > Saved Searches from the navigation bar.

    Shows the 'Media Database' dropdown menu expanded with the 'Saved Searches' option circled in red


​You can select Saved Searches in any of these locations to enter your Saved Search library and make edits and adjustments.



View and Edit Saved Searches

The Saved Searches section in Muck Rack allows you to review, edit, and sort your saved searches. This is beneficial if you are regularly repeating multiple searches and need to reference them for different subjects.

Shows the 'Saved Searches' page

Edit a Saved Search

To edit a Saved Search, open it from the Saved Searches page to access the live results and make adjustments from your search results page.

  1. Open your Saved Search from the Saved Searches page. The tab above the search bar will display its name:

    Shows the Search results page with the name of the Saved Search appearing in a tab above the search query

    NOTE: You can change the name inline; it saves independently from the search criteria.

  2. If you change the search terms or filters, the Update button will activate.

    Shows the "Update" button activated next to the search bar


    Select Update, then choose:

    1. Revert to last saved: Restore the previous Saved Search's query and filters; or

    2. Copy and open as new: Open a new search and retain the query and filters.

      Shows the "Update" dropdown menu with options to "Copy and open as new" or "Revert to last saved"

  3. These changes automatically apply across all features using that Saved Search (such as Dashboards or Digest Alerts).



Organize Saved Searches

Saved search folders allow you to group related saved searches. You can easily access and review saved searches, saving time and effort manually searching for specific topics or keywords.

  1. From the Saved Searches page, select Create Folder in the top left corner of the side menu.

    Shows the Saved Searches page with the 'Create Folder' button highlighted


  2. Enter a name, choose permissions, and select Save at the bottom.

    Shows the Saved Searches page with the 'Create Folder' slide-out menu expanded


  3. You can revisit folders on the lefthand side of the Saved Searches section at any time.

    Shows the Saved Searches page with folders highlighted


  4. Select the Saved Searches you'd like to move into the folder, then select Move to Folder from the action bar.

    Shows the Saved Searches page with several searches selected via checkmarks and a blue action bar at the top of the table with the 'Move to folder' button circled in red


Get Help

For additional help, contact support by choosing the chat icon in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen and selecting Messages > Send us a message.


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