Searching for Boards - Quick Search

There are two types of searches available for Board records: a Quick search lets you select criteria from a drop-down list of Board fields and combinations of fields; an Advanced search lets you view and select all possible criteria on which you want to base your search.

To perform a quick search for a Board record:

1. Click the Boards tab to go to the Quick Search page for Boards records. The Search Boards for field defaults to the criteria you've selected in user Preferences. Fields that appear below the Search Boards for field will vary depending on your entry. Click in the Search Boards for field to select different criteria and complete the fields that appear.

2. Click the GO button to begin the search and display the results.

If you're not satisfied with the results of your search, click the Modify Search link to modify your search or select the Advanced Search action to use more criteria in your search. You can also use the Modify Search option to add records to those already selected. If you selected records found with the first search, that selection is retained as you modify your search criteria and find and select additional records.

3. Click the Board name link on the Search Results page to display the Board record.

Quick Search Criteria

Click in the Search Boards for field to display available criteria selections, which include:  Board Name, Contact Name, Current Vacancies, and Text. You can set the default criteria selection for this field in your user Preferences. Once you've selected one of these options, the appropriate fields will appear below the Search Boards for field. You can exclude all expired Boards from the search by selecting the Exclude Expired Boards check box below the Quick Search fields.

Board Name – Click in the first field and select Begins With or Contains to find all Board names beginning with or containing the string you enter in the second field. Select Logical to search for Board names using wildcards (* or %) or by using the quotation marks for exact/case sensitive searches. In addition, the connectors AND or OR may be used between words.

Contact Name – This option lets you find the contact person associated with the Board record. Type the last or first and last name in the Contact Name field.

Current Vacancies – Select this option to find vacant Board seats. You can limit your search to only those vacant seats to which appointments are made by specific appointing authorities. Click the search icon next to the Appointed By field and select those appointing authorities from the list that appears.

Board IDs – If you know the Board ID of the record you're searching for, you can use that to find the record by typing the ID in the field. To find multiple records, separate IDs with commas (400202, 400242) or search for a range by entering a hyphen between the IDs (400240–400244). Found records appear on the Search Results page.

Text – You can search for Boards with a word or text string located in attached files, as well as in the Purpose, Meeting Place, Seat Restrictions, and Compensation fields. Select the Text option in the Search Boards for field. When you select this option, four check boxes appear that let you select where you want to search for the text. If you select more than one of these check boxes, an implied OR search is performed—the index for each is searched individually and then the results are combined.

Type the word for which you're searching in the for field. If you're searching for a phrase, enclose the words in braces { }. Use the following operators to limit your search.

When you do a text search, each retrieved record is given a numeric ranking—the higher the score, the more relevant the record is to the text search criteria. The numeric rank appears for each record on the Search Results page and is used for the initial sort of the found records.