E-Rate Query Tool Users Guide
After you login to the web app, this is the main dashboard screen. It is designed primarily for mobile, but works fine on desktop browsers.
USERS AND POINTS
Users and Points
Our system tracks usage points when clicking on links and buttons. A guest user get 25 free user Points and a membership user gets 100 free points to test drive the application.
Your current Points will aways be displayed next to your user name. If logged in as guest, your username will be guest.
If you run out of Free Points, email sales@santoelectronics.com to top up your points. Guest users cannot be topped up.
SEARCH (470 Applicants)
Search by State, Date or Text.
You can select a State, or a Last Modified Date or by Text. They can be selected one at a time, in any order or all three selections applied at one time. To apply your search click the blue FILTER button. The search results will update on the main dashboard and display them 10 at a time.
State Search: Can be any two letter USA state designation.
Last Modified Date: This is the date that the 470 Application was last modified. The search will include only applications that are AFTER this date.
Text: This is a full text search on the Catergory 1 or Category 2 fields on the 470 Application.
Filter and Reset Buttons
The Filter button is used to apply your current selected search options. The Reset button will return the main dashboard display to all the records in the database. The database is synced daily to the official open data policy govt system at usac.org
Applicant Details
Applicant Details
By clicking on the Applicant# a popup screen will be displayed with the 470 Form Details. The initial screen includes basic Info, with clickable mini footer links to the other parts of the 470 details: billed entity, contact, technical contact, authorized persons and services. You can click on any of these links to replace the information in the popup screen.
User Settings
User Settings
By click on your user name in the upper left hand corner of the app, you can access your User Settings.
Password: You can change your Password.
Email: You can change your Membership Email
FT: This is your current Filter Threshold that is defaulted to 100. The turns on advanced search features when your search results are LESS THAN this threshold value.
DM: Distance Minimum is not being used at this time.
My State: is not being used at this time.
Provider: is not being used at this time
Advanced Search (FT)
Advanced Searching (FT)
When your search results are LESS THAN your FT value set in your User Settings (Default is 100) then the application will calculate the NEAREST DISTANCE to one of out Fiber Network providers. This distance (in MIles) is shown in RED in the Dist column. You can verify the distance by clicking on the Blue Map button which will display a Map of the Applicants address and the nearest fiber provider route location.
The RED Export button will also become active. To export and download a CSV of desired Applicant records, follow these steps:
Step 1 - Click on the RED Distance Value of a desired Applicant - it will flash display “added” or “Already Added”. What this does is add to your CSV export file on our server. You can continue selecting additional Applicants to export by clicking on other desired RED Distance values.
Step 2 - To Download your selected applicants, Click on the RED Export Button. With one click, it will download the CSV file of the Applicants you selected to your computer.