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Overview
Search views allow custom columns to be displayed in search results when performing a search via Student Data>Student List>Student Search. This means each type of user (nurse, counselor, coach, etc...) can have a view tailored to show the information they need.
In this example, a custom view called "Student Current Location" was configured to display the student's current scheduled course along with their photo:
Working with Search Result Views
This is added from the Student Data>Student List>Search Result Views screen.
Securable Location for this screen: studentdata.studentlist.searchResultsView
- This screen lists the available views and allows one to be made the default view for all users.
- From this screen views may be created, deleted, copied, imported, and exported for sharing with another district.
- Search views with the Genesis logo are built-in and cannot be changed or deleted. However, they can be used as a starting point for new views by using the 'Copy' button
Edit View:
Securable Location for this screen: studentdata.studentlist.editView
- The edit view screen allows the view to be renamed, security to be updated, and columns to be updated.
- A view can be made available to all users, or on a role-by-role basis.
- Each column in a view has an expression. The expression determines what is displayed in the column.
As an example, ${student.studentID} would display the student's ID. The brown box icon is a helper to assist in building an expression.
The tooltip expression determines what is displayed when hovering over that column.
Each column can be optionally excluded from appearing on the screen, on the Excel printout, or on the PDF printout with options to the right:
See below for more information on any of these settings.
Search View Column Fields
When editing a search result view, each Expression has a number of settings. Here are the definitions of these fields:
Field | Notes | Example |
Seq | Controls the order in which this column appears in your search results. Entering zero will cause this column to appear at the far left. | "0" |
Name | Display name of the column within the search results. | "Date of Birth" |
Expression | This is the command that ultimately pulls the information. Always surrounded by brackets { } and preceded by $ | ${student.dateOfBirth} |
Tooltip Expression | Used for displaying alternate information or extra details when the user hovers cursor over this field in the Search Results. | ${student.age} |
Col Align | Aligns the text within the column | Left, Right, Center |
Format | Allows you to customize the format how the information displays | "MM/dd/yyyy" |
Link To Screen | Add a helpful shortcut to a particular screen on the student's record. Setting this will turn the data into a hyperlink, much how clicking on Student ID opens the student's record. | "Current Year Schedule" |
Proficiency Level | Taken from Assessments>Setup>Proficiency where color scales are added for assessment scores. Allows the view to display the same color set based on score/value of the cell. | "NJSLA" |
Generic Code Set | Works much like proficiency scale, and displays the color assigned to the code from within Setup>Codes. For example, if the gender_codes table was modified so that "F" is assigned blue and "M" is assigned red, that will appear as the color in the search results for this column, depending on the student's gender code field. | "Gender Codes" |
Screen / Excel / PDF | Uncheck these boxes to hide the column from displaying on either the screen (search results), the Excel export, or PDF export of this view. | |
PDF Column | Alternate column title that appears when the view is exported to PDF. | "DOB" |
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