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Meltwater Digest Reports

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What Are Digest Reports?

Digest Reports are automated emails that deliver the latest articles from your saved Explore searches directly to your inbox on a schedule you define. Each digest gathers recent content — including AI-generated summaries — and sends it to you and your team without requiring anyone to log in to Meltwater.

 

What you can do with Digest Reports:

  • Receive scheduled email summaries of your saved search results
  • Choose delivery frequency: hourly, daily, or weekly
  • Control how many articles appear per search per delivery
  • Sort and group articles by date, reach, relevance, prominence, language, geo, social echo, or engagement
  • Share reports with other users on your Meltwater account
  • Set volume thresholds to flag unusual spikes in coverage

 

How to access: Select Report from the left-hand navigation bar, then select Digest Reports.

 

Prerequisite: Digest Reports are powered by saved searches in Explore. You must have at least one saved search before creating a digest. Only users on the Meltwater account can receive Digest Reports.

 

Key Concepts

Digest Report

An automated email report that delivers articles from one or more saved Explore searches on a recurring schedule. Digests are delivered directly to recipients' inboxes from report@reports.meltwater.com.

 

Frequency

How often the digest is delivered. Options are Hourly (once per hour), Daily (once per day), and Weekly (once per week). Daily reports can be configured with a second delivery time.

 

Articles Per Search

The maximum number of articles included from each saved search source per delivery. If coverage volume is insufficient during a given period — common with hourly digests — the digest may contain fewer articles than the selected maximum.

 

Sort By

The order in which articles are ranked within the digest. Options include Date, Reach, Relevance, Prominence, Geo, Language, Social Echo, and Engagement.

 

Article Grouping

Controls how duplicate or near-duplicate articles are handled in the digest. Options are:

  • Similar Matches — Groups articles with similar titles (e.g., press releases with the same body but different headlines).
  • Exact Matches — Groups articles with identical titles (e.g., syndicated content).
  • Don't Group — Displays all articles individually, including every syndicated version.

 

Threshold

An optional setting that triggers a notification when a digest reaches a specified number of matched articles, signalling an unusual spike in coverage. Useful for closely monitoring brand mentions, competitors, partners, influencers, or relevant topics.

 

AI Overview

An AI-generated summary that appears at the top of daily digests, aligned with other AI-generated insights across Meltwater. A disclaimer notes when certain sources are excluded from AI summaries due to licensing restrictions.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

 

Who can receive a Digest Report?

Only users on the Meltwater account can be added as recipients. Unlike Smart Alerts, Digest Reports cannot be sent to external email addresses that do not have a Meltwater account login.

 

How many saved searches can I include in one digest?

Up to 28 saved searches can be added as sources to a single Digest Report.

 

What delivery frequencies are available?

Hourly (once per hour), Daily (once per day), and Weekly (once per week). Daily reports can include a second delivery time. Weekly reports allow you to select one or more delivery days.

 

What does the Articles Per Search setting control?

It sets the maximum number of articles included from each saved search per delivery. If you select 100 articles on an hourly schedule, the digest may contain fewer than 100 if coverage volume is insufficient at that hour.

 

What sort options are available?

Date (publication date), Reach (monthly unique visitors to the source), Relevance (algorithm based on prominence, reach, and age), Prominence (term frequency in the text), Geo (country of publication), Language, Social Echo (X and Facebook shares for editorial articles), and Engagement (aggregated reactions, shares, and threads).

 

What does Article Grouping do?

It controls how duplicate or near-duplicate articles appear in the digest. Similar Matches groups articles with similar titles. Exact Matches groups articles with identical titles, such as syndicated content. Don't Group displays all articles individually, including every syndicated version of a story.

 

What is the threshold setting and when should I use it?

The threshold lets you specify a count of matched articles that, when reached in a single delivery, triggers a notification. Set it to a number that represents unusual volume for your topic — useful for monitoring brands, competitors, or topics where a sudden surge may indicate a developing issue.

 

Where do Digest Report emails come from?

Digest Reports are delivered from report@reports.meltwater.com. If you are not receiving reports, refer to the Email Deliverability Troubleshooting article or check with your IT team to ensure this address is not blocked.

 

What happens when I edit a Digest Report?

Editing a Digest Report changes the settings for all current recipients. Changes take effect at the next scheduled delivery.

 

Can I unsubscribe from a Digest Report?

Yes. Each digest email includes an unsubscribe link at the bottom. Clicking it removes you from the recipient list and sends a confirmation email. The unsubscribe link cannot be removed from digest emails.

 

How do I re-add someone who unsubscribed?

Edit the Digest Report and re-add the recipient in the Select recipients section. Unsubscribing does not permanently prevent a user from being re-added — any account admin can add them back.

 

What is the AI Overview in a daily digest?

AI Overviews appear at the top of daily digests and provide an AI-generated summary of top results, consistent with AI insights available elsewhere in Meltwater. A disclaimer notes when certain sources are excluded from AI summaries due to licensing restrictions.

 

How-To Guides

How to Create a Digest Report

Use this when: You want to set up a new automated email report based on one or more of your saved Explore searches.

 

Before you begin: You must have at least one saved search in Explore. Digest Reports cannot be created without a saved search source.

 

  1. Select Report from the left-hand navigation bar.
  2. Select Digest Reports.
  3. Select Create Report in the top right-hand corner.
  4. Select a Frequency: Daily, Hourly, or Weekly.
  5. Enter a Subject line for the digest email.
  6. Select Add sources and choose up to 28 saved searches from your Explore account. Click OK.
  7. Select Articles Per Search to set the maximum number of articles per search per delivery.
  • Note: If you select 100 articles on an hourly schedule, the digest may contain fewer than 100 if coverage volume is insufficient at that hour.
  1. Select Sort by to choose how articles are ranked: Date, Reach, Relevance, Prominence, Geo, Language, Social Echo, or Engagement.
  2. Select a Sort order: Descending (latest to earliest) or Ascending (earliest to latest).
  3. Select Article Grouping: Similar Matches, Exact Matches, or Don't Group.
  4. In the Display section, select which article elements to include in the email.
  5. Select HTML or PDF as the email format.
  6. Select the day or days for delivery (for daily or weekly schedules). Daily reports can include a second delivery time.
  7. Select a Delivery time.
  8. Optionally, enter a Threshold value to receive a notification when coverage volume reaches an unusual level.
  9. Select recipients from your Meltwater account users.
  10. Click Save.

 

Result: Your Digest Report is created and will begin delivering at the next scheduled time. All selected recipients will receive the report by email from report@reports.meltwater.com.

 

How to Edit a Digest Report

Use this when: You want to update the settings, sources, recipients, or schedule of an existing Digest Report.

 

Note: Editing a Digest Report changes the settings for all users who currently receive it.

 

  1. Select Report from the left-hand navigation bar.
  2. Select Digest Reports.
  3. Hover over the digest you want to edit.
  4. Click the pencil icon.
  5. Update any settings as needed.
  6. Click Save.

 

Result: The updated settings apply to all future deliveries of this report for all recipients.

 

How to Unsubscribe from a Digest Report

Use this when: You want to stop receiving a specific Digest Report without asking an admin to remove you.

 

  1. Open any Digest Report email you have received.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the email.
  3. Click the Unsubscribe link.

 

Result: You are removed from the recipient list immediately and receive a confirmation email. You will no longer receive future editions of that report. The unsubscribe link cannot be removed from digest emails.

 

How to Re-Add a Recipient Who Unsubscribed

Use this when: A user unsubscribed from a digest by mistake and needs to be added back.

 

  1. Select Report from the left-hand navigation bar.
  2. Select Digest Reports.
  3. Hover over the report and click the pencil icon.
  4. Scroll to the bottom of the settings panel.
  5. Re-add the recipient in the Select recipients section.
  6. Click Save.

 

Result: The recipient is re-added to the report and will receive the next scheduled delivery.

 

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