Hiring Students - Navigating SOLAR

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Navigating SOLAR

Screenshot of the main SOLAR menu with links for Home, Add to Favorites and Sign out
  • Click Home to go back to the Homepage. 
  • Click Add to Favorites (within SOLAR) to bookmark a page to refer back to it.
  • Click Sign out to leave SOLAR.

Reviewing a List of Records

Screenshot of the records list toolbar with links to Customize, Find, View All, Open in New Window, Download Results and page through results
  • Customize - the data by personalizing the columns and change the sort order
  • Find - a keyword among the records
  • View All - data with rather than scrolling through the pages
  • Icon to Pop data out into new window (box with an arrow point to the upper right in it) - Pops data into its own window
  • Icon for downloading data into spreadsheet (grid with first cell marked in red) - Download the data into a spreadsheet.  *You may have to scroll horizontally to see this button.
  • Screenshot of the paging toolbar which consists of two arrow buttons on either side and the records currently shown and total number of records available - User the arrows to scroll through the pages of data

Download to excel icon, document with the excel logo on it Some of the report pages have a Download to Excel button. Click this button to download the information to an Excel spreadsheet.

At the bottom of most pages:
Screenshot of the control bar found on most pages with options to save, return to search or open the previous/next item

  • Save – FREQUENTLY!!
  • Return to Search - brings you back to the search page so that you can search for another record.
  • Next in List - brings you to the next record in the search result list. This is especially helpful when you are approving time sheets.

Processing Icon (circle with sun like rays that spin around)You may see the word Processing blinking in the right upper corner of the window. You cannot do anything until it stops blinking.

Using the Lookup Function

Some fields have a magnifying glass (Lookup button) next to them. Click this button to go to the Lookup page for this field.
Screenshot demonstrating the lookup feature, clicking the magnifying glass will open a list of valid values you can choose from

In this example we are looking up 4-digit Zips:

  • Click the Lookup button on this page and a list of valid values will be displayed. 
  • Use the arrows or View All to scroll through the choices. 
  • Click a value to select it.
  • Or, click Cancel to return to the original page without selecting a value. 
  • Click Clear to clear the search and start over.

    Screenshot of the Lookup panel, in this case searching for zip+4, which gives filtering options and a list of results you can pick from

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