Search Criteria – Search Proposals

The proposals search grid works the same way as the submissions search grid. The grid includes seven columns: Criterion, Is/Is not, Selector, Value, AND/OR definition, and two columns (far left and far right) to accommodate parenthetical functionality.

The Selector and Value lists may change depending on the Criterion chosen. Selector options change to accommodate the data type of the Criterion. The Value column may be either a text box (for user data entry) or a drop-down list of defined values.

The Is/Is not column functions to create inclusive or exclusive statements. Selecting "is not" negates the search term. For example:

[Handling Editor Last Name] [is not] [Contains] [Jones]

returns all submissions for which the Handling Editor is not named Jones.

Additional lines of parameters can be added to a search by clicking the Add button. The relationship between lines is defined by the AND/OR dropdown.

AND defines the search to find submissions that meet both the criteria. For example:

[Proposal Article Type] [is] [Equal To] [Special Issue] AND

[Editorial Status] [is] [Equal To] [Accept]

returns a list of all Special Issue articles that have been accepted.

OR defines the search to find submissions that meet one or the other of the criteria. For example:

[Proposal Article Type] [is] [Equal To] [Special Issue] OR

[Proposal Article Type] [is] [Equal To] [Editorial Commentary]

returns all articles that are either a Special Issue article or an Editorial Commentary.

The relationships between lines can be further defined by grouping one or more lines in parentheses (using the drop-down selectors). Enclosing a set of search terms in parentheses sets evaluation priorities. Criteria enclosed in parentheses are executed first.

To delete a set of criteria, click the Remove button next to it. (Note that removing a search row does not attempt to re-balance parentheses within the query.)

The Proposals search results page is similar to the Submissions search results page, except that results are limited to submissions in the Proposal Article Type family. The results include a View Related Submissions link, which displays other submissions associated with the Proposal.

As with Submissions searches, the results of a Proposals search can be downloaded in a tab-delimited text file in UTF-8 format, using the Download Search Results button.

Note: Target Publication Date, Volume and Issue data all pertain to the Proposal parent submission, not any child submissions associated with the Proposal.

Search Criterion	Notes for Use
Proposal Manuscript Number	Selector: Contains Value: Enter text related to the Proposal’s manuscript number.
Proposal Title	Selector: Contains Value: Enter text related to the Proposal’s title.
Proposal Article Type	Selector: Equals Value: Select an Article Type value from the drop-down menu.
Last Name First Name	All Last Name fields work the same way. Selector: Contains, Begins with, Ends with Value: Enter the exact name if known (and use Contains). If the exact name or spelling is not known, enter the known portion (and use the appropriate selector, Begins with or Ends with).
Date	All Date fields work the same way. In date context "greater than" means after; "less than" means before. Selector: Greater Than, Less Than Value: Required format for date entry is mm/dd/yyyy. Enter manually or select date using the calendar tool.
Proposal Target Publication Volume	Selector: Is Equal To Value: Enter the desired volume number.
Proposal Target Publication Issue	Selector: Is Equal To Value: Enter the desired publication issue number.
Submission Flag Name	Selector: Equal To Value: Select the value from the drop-down list. List shows names of all configured submission flags.
[Additional Manuscript Details]	The actual name(s) of Additional Manuscript Detail fields appear as Criterion. (AMDs are configured by a system administrator and appear in search only if configured to do so.) Selector: Is Equal To Value: Select a value from the drop-down menu.