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:
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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.
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.
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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.
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.