Finding a Student in e-Link

The Find Students option allows you to access a student’s record by performing either a basic search or an advanced search.

To find a student record using the basic or advanced search:

Path:) Students > Find Students

1.	Follow the path above to display the Student Search screen.

2.	The system default is the basic search. If the Basic Search link is displayed, click on Basic Search.

3.	Type student information in the fields provided and/or use the drop-down lists to select student information.

If you want to enter more specific criteria, click the Advanced Search link. For each parameter, you can select a field, operator, and value.

4.	click Add to add a parameter to the search criteria. You may specify additional parameters, using logical operators.

5.	Click the Sort Results By drop down list to display a list of sort options and select the desired sort option.

6.	Select Ascending or Descending. The results will be displayed accordingly.

7.	Click . The system displays the Student Search Results page. If your User Group is restricted to viewing students from a specific school, that school name will be the default.

Note:

The maximum number of records returned for Student Searches can be configured on the System tab of e-Link Options in the Versatrans Integration Service Administrator Utility. This can be specified in the field Maximum Number of Rows to Return.

The following is an example of the results displayed from a Student Search:

8.	For more information about a particular student’s record, click on the student’s name.

e-Link displays the basic information for that student in the View Student Information screen. This screen is read only.

9. Click the Show Basic Information link to expand the screen and display information including info fields and emergency contacts for the selected student.