SASI Tips and Tricks

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SASI Tips and Tricks

• Work Smarter, Not Harder

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Tips and Tricks

• Report Magic
• Drag and Drop Tips
• Quick Ways to Check and Correct Data
• Query Tips
• Attendance Attachments How to Query
• Optional Reports
• Customized, Saved Reports
• Drag and Drop Reports

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Optional Reports
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Customized Report Setup
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Saving a Customized Report
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Customized Reports

• Change sort
• Add limits in Query Conditions field
• Name the report
• Save it to make a report atom.
• Open from report atom or from drop down list in
  report interface.
• Delete it by dragging it into the eraser. Clean
  the eraser.

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Drag and Drop Reports
Step 1
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Drag and Drop Reports
Step 2
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Drag and Drop Reports
Step 3
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Drag and Drop Reports
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Drag and Drop Reports

• Save the report interface.
• Create an atom of students.
• Drag the atom of students onto the saved report
  atom.
• Report will print only for records in that atom.
• Works also for sections, courses, teachers, etc.

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Drag and Drop Queries

• Add IF stulink0 to the end of the query.
• Save the query by clicking on QuerySave Query in
  the menu.
• The Atom Information window will appear. Name the
  query.
• Drag the atom of students over the saved query
  atom.

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Drag and Drop to Get Rosters for Substitute
Teachers
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Drag and Drop to Get Rosters for Substitute
Teachers
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Drag and Drop Scheduling

• Copy one students entire schedule from the
  Classes Atom into a new students Classes Atom.
• Drag the selected schedule to the desktop. Be
  sure to click in the Section ID column.

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Drag and Drop Scheduling

• Drag the atom created into a new students
  classes screen.

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Generic Selection
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Generic Selection
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Generic Selection

• Use for more than selecting students.
• Example Select core courses for course requests
  in mass scheduling.
• Cannot open saved atom, but records are there.

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Matrix Tips
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Matrix Tips
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Conditions for Matrices

• contains ( Elm to find students who live on
  Elm Street)
• does not contain ( Gaffney in City to find
  all students who live outside Gaffney)
• - starts with ( - Eng in Course Title to find
  all courses named some variation of English)
• - ends with ( - TW in Section ID to find all
  sections that end with TW)

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Checking and Correcting Data with Matrix
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Use a Matrix to Check Data

• Go into Find mode.
• Put an asterisk into every field you want to see
  in your matrix.
• Look for missing data.
• Click on the Permanent Number to open the
  complete record for editing.
• Birthdate field can be edited in the matrix
• Use conditions to limit your selection.

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Checking and Correcting Data with Query

• Put the Stulink field into the query.
• Display the Query.
• Drag the stulink number from the query matrix
  onto the student atom.
• Record will open.

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From Query to Form Drag Stulink
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Staff Atom Made Easy
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Staff Atom Add New Teachers

• Open Teacher Atom.
• Click on DataAdd Teacher.
• Click on the Staff field. Change to New.
• Enter remaining teacher information. Save.
• Record is created in the Staff Atom.
• Decide about Teacher/Staff ID.

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Query Save Postage

• To generate one mailing label per household
• Type UF after the mailing address in the label.
  Be sure to SORT by mailing address.

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Using Attendance Attachment Feature

• On the Advanced tab of Attendance Setup Atom,
  fill the checkbox Use Attachments and fill in the
  Time1 Heading, Time 2 Heading, and Use Time As
  fields appropriately.

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Enter the Attendance Note

• To enter an attachment for a student in Daily
  Attendance, hold down the Control Key and click
  on the appropriate cell. The Att Attachment
  window appears. Enter your comments and click
  OK. Click Save on the Daily Attendance Window.
• A red triangle will display in the upper right
  corner of the cell for that day. To view the
  attachment again, hold down the Control Key and
  click on the cell.

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Querying the Attendance Attachment File

• DISPLAY ASTU AATT LN FN AbsDate ArrTime
  DepTime Note

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Stuuuuttttteeerring Text

• May occur when a folder is created.
• Press keys hard as you type.
• Type slowly.
• Save desktop before you create the folder.
• Change folder form to desktop, type name of
  folder, save.

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Checking Data Telephone Numbers

• Double-click line number to go from phone atom to
  the record.

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Troubleshooting

• Exit the program. Wait a minute. Re-enter.
• Exit the program. Shut down your workstation.
• Try the process on someone elses computer with
  your login. (Checks workstation.)
• Ask a co-worker to try the process with his/her
  login. (Checks rights.)

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More Tips

• Press the Space Bar to get a SAVE button.
• If screen blinks and tables will not appear when
  you click on a menu or a drop-down,
• Minimize SASI
• Restore SASI