The Main Menu appears in a second window. If NSF or QRC needs to change an agency's data after the respondent has made final submission, they first need to reset the final flag. Once all agencies have submitted their data, and QRC and NSF have approved it, the data are transferred into the FSS survey database. This function changes the data from SQL format to MS Access. Administrators can search the Code Book by providing institution information, location information, or identifying information.
Administrators can modify the individual institution listing if necessary.
QRC and NSF could view agencies' status at any point during the data collection process. Once an agency made its final submission, the date was entered into the MS Excel spreadsheet used to log data processing, and the agency's Edit Packet was generated for QRC and NSF review. QRC maintained an online phone log of all support requests using the Technical and Contextual Help feature. This is described in detail in Maintaining Phone Logs . If an agency's information needs to be changed after it has made final submission, administrators can edit the agency's information by first resetting the final flag for that institution, and then going to that agency's menu and entering the new information.