Coeus

Query/search
Awards, proposals, rolodex, sponsors, personnel

On this page:  Startup  | Search window | List/results window  | Menu paths
Co-investigators | Wildcards | Full name fields | Advanced searches
Combine queries | Search for a range | Sort results | Adjust column widths
Save results  | New query

COEUS® startup

COEUS® 3.5 is the current version, and it's available to download and install over MITnet.

COEUS® 3.0 search windows -- example

COEUS® provides powerful tools to help you search for awards, proposals, rolodex entries, sponsors, and persons.

The Award Search and Award List (search results) windows below illustrate the COEUS® search process.

The sample below shows a search for awards funded by a specified Sponsor Code.

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List window -- search results

After you enter search criteria and select Find, the Award List window shows the awards that meet your selection.

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Select the award to view by double clicking on the award line. The window Display Award appears.

Proposal, rolodex, sponsor, and personnel/person queries behave in a similar way.

Query menu paths

Search for ...

using this menu ...

Awards

Maintain

Proposals

Maintain

Rolodex

Maintain

Sponsor

Maintain

Personnel

Departmental

Searching for co-investigators

When you search for awards or proposals by investigator name, COEUS® also retrieves awards or proposals where the target person is a co-investigator (Co-I). The name that appears in the List window is that of the principal investigator.

Wildcards for COEUS® search

COEUS® wild cards, shown in the table below, allow the use of partial search criteria. Remember to use a space after "like".

begins with ...

like ...%

ends with ...

like %...

contains

like %...%

Search for award account numbers beginning with "666"

... for sponsor name ending in "Laboratory"

... for sponsor name containing "Lab"

... for sponsor name containing "Research"

... for sponsor name containing "Air"

... for award titles containing "DNA"

Full name vs. last name searches

Some COEUS® name fields, such as "Investigator", contain a person's full name -- first, last, and middle. When searching by last name in a full name field, enter "like %lastname%", even if you know the exact last name.

For fields actually labeled "Last name", use like %...% only if you do not know the exact last name.

Using rows and columns

The award search examples in this section show how to use more than one row for a search.

Sponsor Code 000146 and Unit 067000

Units 067000 and 068000

Sponsor Code 000146 and Units 067000 and 068000

For this type of search, the key is remembering to enter complete search criteria in each row!

Productivity tip: combine queries

Instead of doing three separate queries, the example below shows how you can retrieve several groupings of information in a single query:

  • Awards funded by a specified account number
  • All active awards
  • Awards for a specified sponsor

Searching for a group of records

Suppose you want to search for awards or proposals with an Air Force sponsor code. This includes sponsor codes beginning with 000100 and ending with 000119.

The example below shows how to specify the range -- greater than or equal to (>=) 000100 and less than or equal to (<=) 000119:

A search using items in a single row invokes the logical AND. A search using multiple rows invokes the logical OR. For queries using greater than (>) or less than (<), you need to enter "and" in the second line to override the OR relation between rows; otherwise, in this example, you would retrieve all sponsor codes!

Sort search results

On the ."... List" search results windows ...

Single level ascending sort -- Select the desired column head.

Multi level sorts and descending sorts -- Sort window
Access the Sort window using the Sort button on the second row of the COEUS toolbar, or the menu option, File>>Sort.

  • Multi-level sort: Drag the first, second, and third level sort field names, as needed, to the section Sort Columns.
  • Descending sort: Delete the check mark in the "Ascending" checkbox.

Adjust column widths

Move the cursor to the right edge of the column head, until the cursor changes to a double headed arrow. Drag the cursor to the left or right as needed.

Save search results -- List windows

You can save search results from the "... List" window in Excel and other table formats:

  1. After the ... List window containing the search results appears, select Save As... on the File menu.
  2. Select the format and location for the data.

Start a new query

Use the toolbar button, Search for Award, or the menu option, Tools>>Search .

If you want to switch to a new type of search -- from Proposal to Award, for example -- select the search type on the Maintain or Departmental menu.


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Last modified: 03/04/2004