The MIS2000 Menu Bar

The Menu Bar consists of the clickable words at the top of the
MIS2000 screen. Below you can can how the Menu Bar looks when you are in the
COE View. In the Student View the word COE does not appear.

Now we will go across the Menu Bar and tell what choices are
accessed by clicking on each word.

Record

Clicking on Record reveals three choices as shown below.

• Add New - the state recommends that this not be used while
  in the Student View. Each student record should be created as part of a
  COE. In the COE View it will create a new record.

• Next Record - moves to next record in the database -
  serves the same function as NAV button
• Prior Record - moves to prior record in the database -
  serves the same function !!as the NAV button

Procedures

Clicking on Procedures offers the choices shown below.

• Mass Enroll... - NY State data specialists are not allowed
  to use this procedure
• Mass Withdraw..." - This can be used but requires MIS2000
  coordinator's approval
• Mass SP... - Not currently used by NY State data
  specialists, requires MIS200 coordinator's approval before using this
  procedure
• Edit Codes... - When you select this procedure a Code
  Table Edit box appears. Under Select Code Table - select the appropriate
  table you wish to edit. For example, select recruiter in table, if you
  spelled a name incorrectly, then you may select a name and delete or
  edit it. Just use it to add entries or correct / delete your own
  errors.
• SQL Maintenance... - Not used by NY state data specialists.
• Configure Reports... - Please disregard, not used.

• Upload Changes... - This should be used daily to send the
  data that you have added to the state server. (When you click this you
  will be prompted to Backup and Verify your database if you haven't done
  so in the last hour.) This takes you to the Upload Screen window. Click
  on the Begin Upload button. MIS2000 will connect to the server. Wait
  patiently for the process to completed.

Uploading changes to your state computer

When you do an upload to the state computer, the work you have done in
MIS2000, such as entering COEs and adding enrollment information, will
be copied to the state database. You should do an upload to your state
database every day that you enter data. The state database should
always have an updated copy of your work.

1. Go to the Procedures menu, then select Upload Changes. The Upload
Status window will appear.

2. Press the Begin Upload button. When your changes have finished
uploading to the server, you will see one of two things:

· If your upload has finished without any problems, you will get a
message saying,

"Your upload has completed successfully." Your upload has not completed

successfully until you see this message!

You can now close the upload window. Your upload is finished.

· If your upload encountered problems, you will get a status report
with directions for making corrections, if necessary. If the status
report isn’t clear, contact MIS2000 technical support.

If you do receive a status report, you should print it out by pressing
the Print button.

3. You will then see this window:

4. Press the OK button. If there is an upgrade available, the upgrade
will begin downloading to your computer. Once it finishes, you will get
a message telling you to reboot your computer.

Reboot at that time.

• Check for Upgrades... - After completing your daily upload
  your machine will check for upgrades automatically. Occasionally you
  will be prompted to check for an upgrade when you begin an upload. That
  is when you use this feature.
• Merge Duplicate Students... - Currently this can be only
  be done at the state level. If you find duplicate students who need to be
  merged send name and student IDs for each student along with your
  preference as to which student ID should be kept.
• Diagnostics >
  - Look at this if you are curious. We don't use this often. MIS2000
  might use it for troubleshooting.

Reports - See Reports Section of
MIS2000 Manual

Preferences

Rarely needs to be used. Should be set with a check before Auto Caps
Lock and the other two unchecked as shown below.

COE

Clicking on COE offers the five choices shown.

• Queue COE - puts COE into printing Queue
• Print COE Queue - creates a screen preview of all records
  in the COE queue. You can then choose to print the records, save them, or
  clear them from the record queue.
• Clear COE Queue - removes all COEs from the printing queue
• Queue All New COEs - a checkable menu item. If you check
  it, it will add each new COE that you enter to the printing queue.
• Queue All Students - a checkable item. If you leave it
  checked, it will add all new students to the student record queue.

Go

The Go menu provides you with a quick way to get to other
information related to the student or COE you’re currently viewing.

Example: Say you are working on the Student Data of Janet Smith. You
want to see her COE. Go to the Go pull-down menu, and select To COEs.
MIS2000 will then show you Janet’s COE(s).

NOTE: If the "To COEs" menu item is grayed out (you aren’t allowed to
select it), then that child does not have a COE in your database.

View

The View menu allows you to flip between the COE and Student views.
COE View contains Family and Children screens, which include all of the
data collected on your state’s COE form.

• Student View contains screens for school history,
  supplemental programs, credit accrual, and any other information that
  your state’s Migrant Education Program collects on its participants.
• COE View contains screens for Census, Child(ren) and
  Departure

NOTE: Changing the view does not take you to the COE/Student Data of
the student you are currently working on. If you wish to see the
COE/Student Data of your currently selected student, choose the Go
pull-down menu.

Help

Clicking on Help shows two choices.

• Contents

There is a lot of information available here and it can be very useful.
By clicking on the + sign in front of a "closed book" icon you can
access more information. Click on a topic and it will appear as shown
below where "Procedures" has been selected.

• **Show Tips..."

You can turn Tips off or on here by checking the box in the lower left
hand corner of the window. Or you can choose just to see new tips. The
tip displayed is a very useful one so read it now.

That's the end of the Menu Bar section.