====== How to Display Search Results ======

The two most commonly used methods for viewing the results from a student search are to display the list by selecting  **List Students** and to save the list by doing a **Quick Export**. Both of these options are considered //Group Functions// within **PowerSchool**.

**How to List Students:**

  * Perform the desired **[[powerschool:powerschool:studentsearches|Student Search]]**
  * The search results in a list of students displayed as //(only first 500 are listed here)//
  * //Select a function for this group of students// by clicking on **List Students** in the drop-down menu
  * The Student List Report parameters screen is displayed.

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  * Click **Fields** to choose from the available options. 
  * Click **Submit** to display the list of students with the specified field values.

**How to Save this List:**
Selecting the values of the List Students, then copying/pasting as a text document is a possible method of saving the values; however, the most direct approach is to save the list from a Quick Export.

  * Perform the desired **[[powerschool:powerschool:studentsearches|Student Search]]**
  * The search results in a list of students displayed as //(only first 500 are listed here)//
  * //Select a function for this group of students// by clicking on **Quick Export** in the drop-down menu
  * The Student List Report parameters screen is displayed.

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  * Click **Fields** to choose from the available options. 
  * Click **Submit** to display the list of students with the specified field values.

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  * From the browser listing the export, right-click and select **Save as...**
  * There are several options at this point:
      *  Save the file as a *.text document
      *  First time users, will be asked to Choose the program to Open this type of file. Browse to Microsoft Office and then Microsoft Excel.
      *  Change the File name to a descriptive name.
  * If the file is in a .text format, launch Microsoft Excel and then Open the new text file containing the listed results of the student search.