Search section

The IRIS Cascade search box always displays at the top left-hand side of the screen.

Search box

You can use the search box to search for employees by any of the following:

• Forename

• Surname

• Previous Name

• Other Name

• Employee ID

• National Insurance Number

You must type at least three characters to return any results. To include leavers in the searches, go to Admin > System Properties > General and select (tick) Show leavers in auto suggest.

To view search results:

1. Select a name to view that employee’s record.

2. Press ENTER to view all search results, which creates a group and makes further options available at the bottom of the screen. In this view, you will see tick boxes at the left-hand side (Main screen only), which you can use to select employees.

Open the search box permanently

The search box section can be opened while you are in Cascade. Click on the right pointing arrow to open and it will stay that way while you click on the same arrow again to close it.

Fuzzy searches

You can use ‘fuzzy’ searches to find similar matches. For example, a search for ‘Sma’ (with no exact matches in the system) returns the following suggested approximate matches. To get to the fuzzy search function quickly, type xyz in the search box, and then press ENTER.