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About navigation, search and help
Campus Cafe provides many ways to locate individuals and their records, as well as ways to access functions.
Required permissions
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Global | 1242 | See the search box; also must be a faculty/staff person |
Global | 1249 | See the help icon in Campus Cafe |
Main menu
The main menu appears on the left of the screen. Clicking the right arrow will expand the menu to include the individual menu items.
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Search
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The search box at the top of the screen allows you to search globally for all people, whether applicants, students, alumni, faculty or staff. The search box will search the entire system, regardless of any permissions that
may limit the user to a specific module of the system. Users must be in the faculty/staff module and belong to a permission group with permission #1242 to see the search box.
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Once the desired individual appears, click the individual to open the individual’s profile.
Search for people video tutorial
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Quick launchers
Quick launchers allow you to enter an individual’s ID number, first name and/or last name and jump to a specific record.
All People: all individuals in the database
Prospects: inquiries and applicants
Students: individuals considered students
Parents: individuals labeled as parents
Faculty: includes faculty and staff
Alumni: individuals labeled as alumni
Filters (Finders)
Filters, also known as finders, return results based on multiple criteria. For example, you may wish to see all students enrolled in the Spring 2024 term whose home state is Rhode Island. The Filters button at the top of the screen allows you to quickly jump to a specific record.
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All People: all individuals in the database
Prospects: inquiries and applicants
Activities: all activities, results limited by tracking permissions
Schools: schools (used on applications and for transfer credit)
Students: individuals considered students
Parents: individuals labeled as parents
Courses: the course catalog and schedule of courses
Majors: academic programs
Financial Aid Disbursement: financial aid awards
Faculty: includes faculty and staff
Alumni: individuals labeled as alumni
Activities: activities associated with alumni
Organizations: organizations associated alumni or sponsored billing
Donations: contributions to your institution
Gifts: contributions organized by campaign
Help (?) icon
Clicking the question mark in the upper right will bring you to the Campus Cafe Knowledge Base. The Knowledge Base is designed for administrative users of the system. As such, Campus Cafe recommends hiding this icon for students and faculty.