Using the Search Manager

Stay organized and track your searches.

Introduction

This article shows you how to use the Search Manager. 

As you deep dive into Tactical Arbitrage, you'll likely generate a lot of searches. Some of them will run at the same time but at different stages of completion. This tool helps you track that work.

1.  Locating the search manager tool

There are several ways to locate the Search Manager tool.

1.1  Dashboard

Go to the top of the dashboard page and click QUEUED SEARCHES. The Search Manager page displays.

Note: The Search Manager toolbar at the bottom of the dashboard page also has a QUEUED button. 

1.2  Product Search portal

Go to the top of the Product Search page. Look for the green button at the top of the page.

1.3  Side menu

Go to the menu on the left side of the page. Click the SEARCH MANAGER menu item.

2.  Understanding the Search Manager

The Search Manager page has 4 tabs:

• Queued: current searches
• Completed: finished searches
• Saved: completed searches you want to keep
• Scheduled: searches you've created and plan to run later
• Search History: a list of 100 most recent Searches

  Note: A STOP ALL SEARCHES button appears at the top of the page when one or more searches is in progress. If you click the button and stop a search (even if not finished), the search moves to the Completed section. 

3.  Looking at the Queued section

Click the QUEUED tab to see searches currently in progress.

Data buttons

Within the Queue section, you can see 4 buttons. These buttons give you some control over the data.

Note: Scroll down to Step 4 (below) to learn about these buttons.

4.  Looking at the Completed Section

The COMPLETED section has four buttons. These buttons are also in the Queued section (above).

Each button is explained below.

MODIFY

Click this button to open the option to Re-run the search.

RESULT

Click this button to view the option to:

• View Data: Click this button to see the meat and potatoes of your search work. This is where you find price comparisons and data that point to profitable opportunities. 

  There's a lot of information on the View Data page. For more information, see: Understanding the View Data page

• Download All: Click this button to download the search results.
• Watch Logs: Click the Watch Logs button to see a record of what happened to each item in the search. 

  The log is a list of rows with numbered product searches. If a row has a check mark, that product was included (i.e. Added) in the search results.

  If a row has an X, that product was removed from the search results. There are several reasons for removal
  - Product specs didn't meet one or more of your filter thresholds
  - No match between the source and Amazon

  Here's an example of a Watch Log (Process Log: Simple). The image below shows many products were removed from the results.

  

DELETE

Changed your mind, eh? First you saved it, now you want to trash it. 

SAVE

Click this button to save your work.

6.  Looking at the Scheduled section

Your SCHEDULED searches display here. Key details of each search are presented. You can edit a scheduled search or delete it altogether.

MODIFY

Click this button to open the option to Edit, Pause, or Re-run the search. 

SAVE

Click this button to delete the scheduled search.