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Re: Another word game - need a word sort of like "template"
Subject:Re: Another word game - need a word sort of like "template" From:Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Hannah Drake <hannah -at- formulatrix -dot- com> Date:Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:23:16 -0600
search forms, search formats, search tools, search guides, search bins (you
get the idea :-)
I think templates fits, as does models and maybe algorithms
Gobble gobble everyone!
Kathleen
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Hannah Drake <hannah -at- formulatrix -dot- com>wrote:
> Hi guys.
>
> So we have developed some "canned" searches for part of our software, but
> we disabled saving so they can't alter the search settings and ruin it for
> colleagues. Save As isn't possible right now with our release being in the
> next few days. So it's not quite a template, but it WILL teach them how to
> analyze through and mine their data.
>
> They can mine their data by telling the "template" which results to
> analyze, and then it will compute some nice charts and so on and so forth.
>
> They can make these searches themselves, but it's pretty complicated for a
> beginner (which is why we made these..."templates").
>
> What do we call the folder we are keeping them in?? Ready....go!
>
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