Selecting and Sorting Initial Search Results

When the initial results from a Search By or Search RESCs operation appear, you must select the rows for which you want more detailed information. You may select and sort in either order, repeatedly, until the selected rows and their sort order is to your liking.

Selecting from Initial Results

If you want details for all the displayed rows, click Select All. For a few rows, click the check boxes for the desired rows. For all but a few rows, click Select All, then click the check boxes for the rows you do not want. To start over (uncheck all check boxes), click Clear Selections.

Sorting the Initial Results

Usually, initial search results are sorted by the leftmost column. The current sort column is indicated by a small triangle (screenshot of small triangle pointing up) and a message above the heading that describes the current sort order.

Screenshot of column heading with up-arrow, indicating an ascending sort order on that column

sorted by ascending number

(Smaller at the top)

Screenshot of column heading with down-arrow, indicating a descending sort order on that column

sorted by descending number

(Smaller at the bottom)

To reverse the sort order on a column, click the heading or triangle once.

To turn off sorting on a column, click the heading or triangle again.

To turn off sorting on all columns, click the Clear Sort button.

To sort the data by a different column, click the column heading.

If you have many search results, give the system a few seconds to perform the re-sort before you click a column heading again. Watch the status bar in your browser to see whether the system is working on your request.

The sort order you select for the initial results is the sort order in which the detailed output will appear when you click View Directory, Mailing Labels, or Email Addresses.

See also Choosing the Output Type and Downloading a Data File.