Manage Favorites in Scholars@Pitt

Overview

The use of favorites in the Faculty Information System (Elements) lets you conduct peer searches to find other faculty with similar interests. Using Favorites also allows you to select information that you wish to add to public-facing profile pages via an API tool.

You can add favorites to Publications, Grants, Professional Activities, and Teaching Activities.

 

Detail

Mark a New Record as a Favorite:

  1. Log in to the Faculty Information System (Elements).
  2. Select an object type to add from Profile & work.
  3. Enter the information for the new record, then click Save.
  4. Select the Heart-shaped Icon to Mark as Favorite from the Actions listed on the upper right-corner. The heart will be shaded in grey when something is favorited.


Mark as Favorite Action

Mark a Previously Entered Record as a Favorite:  

  1. Log in to the Faculty Information System (Elements).
  2. Select an object type from Profile & work.
  3. Locate a record, then select the heart-shaped icon for that object. The heart will be shaded in grey when something is favorited.

Record with Heart Icon Highlighted

Unmark a Favorited Record:

  1. Log in to the Faculty Information System (Elements).
  2. Select an object type from Profile & work.
  3. Locate a record, then select the grey heart-shaped icon for that record. This will un-favorite the object.


Record with Grey Heart Icon Highlighted

Favorites and Colleague Searches

You can use the System Search feature to conduct colleague searches. Items that are selected as favorites will appear as the top results returned from your search.

  To search for Colleagues:  

  1. Log in to the Faculty Information System, select Search & reporting, then System Search.

       2. For System Search:

  • Enter your search term.
  • Select Advanced.
  • Additional search criteria are displayed that you can use in your search. For example, to search for classes, make sure that Teaching activities is the item checked for Search. 


      3. Click Search.

      4. At the  top of the first page of search results, a message will be displayed indicating how many results were returned. Items that are selected as favorites will appear as the top results 

          returned from your search. You can select the Save this search link to save the search.

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