Using FDO

RFPs Search Results Screen

The RFPs Search Results Screen displays your results in two columns: Request for Proposal and Deadline. The default sort order displays results by Deadline from least distant to most distant. You can re-sort your results by clicking a column heading. Clicking Request for Proposal, for example, will sort the list by RFP headline from A to Z. Clicking a second time will change the display to descending order. A small arrow will appear within the column heading of the column that has been sorted, pointing up or down to indicate the order in which the information is being displayed.

The RFPs Search Results Screen has several components:

Results Line. Located at the top of the screen, the Results Line displays the record number range of the page currently displayed and the total number of records in the list.
Guided Search Options. Located on the left side of the screen, the Guided Search Options enable you to broaden or narrow your search directly from the search results screen. For more information, see the Guided Search section below.
Search Within Results Field. Enables you to conduct a keyword search within your current search results.
Results List. Displays a list of RFP records retrieved by your search. The Results List includes each RFP headline and the deadline for each RFP. The number of records displayed at a time depends on the results option you selected on the Home Screen. The default number of records displayed is up to 100.
Navigation Line. Located at the bottom of the screen, the Navigation Line displays the number of screens available with results. Clicking a page number takes you to that page of results. Clicking Next takes you to the next page of results. Clicking Prev takes you to the previous page of results.

Guided Search

Located on the left side of the screen, the guided search options enable you to broaden or narrow your search directly from the search results screen. The options provided are relevant to your current search criteria and your current search results.

To broaden your results, unselect a check box associated with your current search criteria. For example, unselecting the check box associated with a Primary Subject term you used to refine your search strategy will broaden your results to include records that contain any Primary Subject term.

To narrow your results, click on an index entry under any category in the Narrow Your Results area. For example, clicking on an index entry under Primary Subject in the Narrow Your Results area will narrow your results to display only the subset of records containing that particular Primary Subject index entry. The number in parentheses to the right of an index entry indicates the number of RFP records available in your current results for that entry; index entries are displayed in descending order based on this number. If more than ten index entries for any one category are associated with the RFP records in your current results, navigation links will appear above the entries for that category. Clicking Next 10 takes you to the next set of up to ten entries. Clicking Prev 10 takes you to the previous set of ten entries.

To hide the guided search options to conserve screen space, click the "hide" link. When you hide the guided search options, a criteria line will appear at the top of the page displaying the criteria associated with your current search results. To view the guided search options once again, click the "show" link.

To return to the Power Search tool on the Home Screen, click the Power Search tab at the top of the page. To view an RFP record, click on an RFP headline to open a new screen displaying that RFP.