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ECERT: How to Search Effort Reports

Summary: Learn how to locate effort reports you want to review in the Electronic Certification of Effort and Reporting Tool (ECERT).

Note: The steps below show an overview of the complete process. If you need more detailed ECERT training, see ECERT Job Aids, or attend the Effort Reporting class.

What to do		How to do it
1	Access the ECERT system.	Go to ECERT. Log in using your UCSD Single Sign-On. If you don't have a Single Sign-On account, contact your Departmental Security Administrator or self-register.
2	Navigate to the Search Effort Reports page.	Click the down arrow located at the top left of the screen and select the Search Effort Reports option.
3	Select the Display Reports tab to use as your search filter.	Click the tab that contains the filter you would like to use. The tabs filter by all or part of: People Person's name/ employee ID Person's home department Person is Principal Investigator (PI) Departments Home Department Department name or number Indexes Index number Index name Awards Fund manager employee ID Award title Sponsor award number IFOP Fund, Org, Index or Program Fund title
4	Search effort reports.	Enter the filter criteria for the tab you selected. Click Update Filter. View the search results in the Filter Results List on the lower left side of the screen.
5	Save selected search results.	Click the appropriate result to transfer it to the Search Collection column on the right side of the screen. Note: You may select multiple results. Select Save As to name the search for future reference.