ECERT: How to Search Effort Reports
Last updated
August 30, 2009 4:54:51 PM PDT
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.
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If you don't have a Single Sign-On account, contact your Departmental Security Administrator or self-register.
- Click the
down arrow located at the top left of the screen and select the Search Effort Reports option.
- 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
- Awards
- Fund manager employee ID
- Award title
- Sponsor award number
- IFOP
- Fund, Org, Index or Program
- Fund title
- 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.
- 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.
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Need help? Submit a request to ECERT help with one of the following requests as the subject line:
- Create permission and roles
- Add additional employees to the database
- Edit the Cannot Certify list
- Update the employee PI indicator
- Update effort report status
