Do you have a search that you need to repeat routinely? Or a substance of interest that you want to keep updated on? Set an alert so that the search runs automatically on a frequency of your choosing! When on a results page, select the Save button and then the Save and Alert:
You'll then see the Save Results menu. Here you will name your Alert, add any tags of your choosing, and toggle the Alerts option on. You can select to have the results delivered Weekly, Monthly, or As Available.
As Available means that if there is a content update with results that match the alert query, it will be delivered after that content update. If set to Weekly, if an alert is set on a Wednesday, results will be delivered the next Wednesday. If no results matching the query are retrieved, then an alert will not be delivered.
You can also add emails of additional people you may want to receive the alert notifications.
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You will receive an email when alert results are ready to be viewed. In SciFinder, you'll see that the Bell icon will have a yellow exclamation point next to it. You can view individual alert results, or combine multiple sets into one. See this link for further information.
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Unfortunately, you don't have the ability to edit the search query used in an alert. If you want to modify the search query or add/subtract filters, you'll have to set an entirely new alert.
You do have the ability to change the frequency of the alert or add/subtract emails of those receiving the alert. If you navigate into your saved items, you can filter to those that have alerts set (this is helpful if you have a lot of saved items):
The bell icon next to the alert allows you to change the frequency and emails, while the ... allows you to edit the name, add tags, or delete the alert.
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Structure Only: Live links with just the structure image, name, and Registry Number for each result. Up to 500 results.
Result Summary: Live links with structure information and key properties. Up to 500 results.
Results Details: Live links with chosen included content. Up to 100 results.
SDfile (v2000 or v3000): Up to 500 results
Excel: You can choose to include experimental and/or predicted substance properties, substance identifiers (including SMILES and InChI), and GHS Hazard Codes. Up to 100 results.
Markush results can only be downloaded in PDF format, and you can download up to 500 results.
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PDF or RTF:
Result Summary: Title, author, source, live links, and you can choose whether to include task history or abstract. Up to 500 results.
Result Details: Abstract, task history, and live links along with any other desired boxes that are selected. Up to 100 results.
Excel: Abstract, task history, and live links along with any other desired boxes that are selected. Up to 100 results.
Citation (.ris): Upload into software like EndNote, contains the abstract. Up to 500 results.
Quoted or Tagged: Contains abstract, concepts, citations, and substances. Up to 500 results.
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PDF or RTF
Result Summary: Task history, reactions summary, and live links to view results in SciFinder. Up to 500 results. As you can see below, multi-component structures can only be viewed in SciFinder and not in the export:
Result Details: Task history and live links, with the ability to select Synthetic Methods to include. Up to 100 results.
RDfile (v2000 or v3000): reaction details, up to 500 results. If results do no include structure information, they won't be included in the export.
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PDF: Search task history and live links to view results in SciFinder. Up to 500 results.
Excel: Substance name and RN along with ordering information, including links to the supplier (if available). Up to 100 results.
Last updated 7/30/2025 with information from https://cas-product-help.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/9997046096013-Download-Supplier-Results
At the bottom of the Filter Behavior menu on a result page, you'll see the Filter Content Report section:
It can only be downloaded as a Excel file. If no filters have been applied, then it will default to all filter values as selectable. It will not be able to be downloaded until something is selected. If filters have been applied, it will default to only download the content of applied filters. You can switch between the two in order to customize what filter content you want to download.
Here's an example of a reference result set filter content selections for a set that had no filters selected. You can see that the Download button is not clickable because nothing has been selected yet:
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You have the ability to download a structure from the editor as either a Mol File (.mol) or a Chemical eXchange Format (.cxf) which is CAS' default file type. You'll select the export option found at the top of the structure editor, name the file, and select the format:
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You can create a Project two different ways:
1. Navigate to the Projects tab from the Menu, then select 'Start New Project' and fill out the Project name and (optional) description:
2. From a results page, select a result and then click the Add to Project button. This will allow you to either create a New Project or add the result(s) to an existing one:
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On a results page, select the records that you want to add to a Project (or select all answers on that page) and click the 'Add to Project' icon that looks like a folder. Here you can either add to an existing Project or create a new Project:
If you don't have any answers selected, you aren't able to add to a Project and will see the following:
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When you're on your Projects page, each Project you have will have a three dot icon at the bottom right.
You'll have the ability to:
Edit the Project: Change the Name, Color, and/or Description
Share Project: Add collaborators and choose their access (Editor or Viewer)
Change the Color
Delete Project
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If there are features, tools, or capabilities that would make your life better when it comes to using SciFinder, please pass along that feedback to the CAS Customer Center. They will submit an enhancement suggestion to the Product Team with your suggestion, and you never know if it's something that may one day make its way into the product!
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If you aren't receiving alerts and you think you should be, wondering why certain records weren't returned in your alert, or any questions about your alert, you can reach out to the CAS Customer Center. In order to diagnose any issues with your alert, they'll need the following info:
