Procedure
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3. If you know the name of the vendor whose checks you
would like to see, select the first letter of that vendor's name. Click
.
4. You will then be given a list of vendors
matching that letter in a selection box with a down arrow. Click the down
arrow, find the vendor, and click on its name. If you don't find the vendor,
it may not have had activity in the two-year period captured. Some vendor names begin with a number.
To search for those, simply click the # to the right of Z.
Select for example: A.I.M. CONTROLS, LLC (34829)
5. After selecting a vendor, you have the option of
seeing all checks for a two- year period, or using 'Advanced Search' to narrow
the search to an amount and/or date range. To see all checks for that vendor,
simply click 
.To understand the 'Advanced Search' feature,
read below.
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6. If you
don't know the name of the vendor or are interested simply in a period of time
or amount interval to include any matching vendor, choose 'Search All Vendors'
on the far right. You will be able to vary the range of amounts and dates
of interest (Advanced Search). To see all checks in a one-month period, make
the From Date and To Date the same value.
If you would like to limit
only the amounts or you would like to limit only the dates, then select either 
or 
and specify the range for the remaining value you would like to limit.
To the right of 
, you will see the phrase '(starting month/year)'.
This tells you that there is no data available prior to the starting
month. Keep in mind that HISD processes roughly 5,000 to 10,000 checks
per month, so try to narrow your search as much as possible. Click 
to see all checks for the range
of interest.
7. After generating your search results, you can sort them
by clicking on the column name (underlined) that you would like to sort. The first click will typically sort in
ascending order, while subsequent clicks will alternate the order. Dates initially display as most recent check
first. Click on 
. Try sorting the other columns.
8. If 
exceeds
100, you will see page 1 of X at the bottom left of the Web page, where X is
the total number of pages returned. If X
is large, you may further limit your search by clicking 
for single-vendor searches or 
otherwise. To move between pages, click one of
.
9. For a printer-friendly version of your search results,
simply select File Print or Print Preview from your browser menu. If you
would like to start a new search, simply click on ‘Start New Search’ in the far
upper right.
Select File
Print
Preview....
Print Preview
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Now simply click the ‘Print’ button to
send to your printer.
10. To start a new search, click 
.