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The companies displayed on the company list page are based on your subscription. These companies can be the
- results of your default search
- results of a company search
- companies confirmed as participants when you click Show Matching Companies from the top of the project list page.
From the company list page you can apply filters, export companies, add companies to your Watch List, edit searches, and view the projects associated with each company:
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Note: You can save any of your company searches for future use. For more information on this topic, see Working with saved company searches.
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Viewing matching projects
You can view the projects that are associated with the companies displayed in the list. These are the projects that meet the company search criteria, including participants or bidders, if any.
To view matching projects,
- click Show Matching Projects from the top of the list.
Result: The window refreshes and the project list page is displayed. For more information, see Working with the project list.
Adding companies to your Watch List
You can add a company you want to follow to your Watch List using the Watch List star feature and the Mark As selection tool. You can assign companies to your Watch List both individually and in groups.
Using the Watch List star
You can assign and remove Watch List tracking to individual or all companies in the list:
- click the star at the top of the list to add all the companies displayed on the page to your Watch List. Click again to remove the companies from the list.
- click the star on the individual company row to assign that company to your Watch List. Click again to remove the company from the list.
Assigning companies to your Watch List using the Actions feature
You can assign companies to your Watch List using the Actions feature at the top menu bar.
To use this feature,
- select the companies you want to add to your Watch List.
- Click Actions and then select Add to Watch List.
- Note: Click Remove from Watch List to remove selected companies from your Watch List.
Exporting companies
You can export a list of the companies displayed on the page in either Excel or PDF format. You can export both single companies and the entire list of companies displayed on the page.
To export companies,
1 | From the results, check either
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2 | Click Export and then select either
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3 | You can choose to export your selections as a formatted Excel spreadsheet or in PDF format, as described in the following table.
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Once you are done, click Export. Result: Your export runs and is available by
Tip: The Exported Documents menu displays all of the documents ready to download. |
Marking companies as viewed
A company listing is shaded gray in the search results when the company is marked as Viewed.
To mark companies as viewed,
1 | Select the companies that you want to mark as viewed. |
2 | Click Action and then click View. . Result: The selected companies are shaded gray in future search results. Note: Repeat the above but select Unviewed to remove the viewed status. |
Adding and removing search terms
Once your search runs, the terms used in the search are displayed below the search bar. You can add and remove search terms to further refine your results:
Each time you add or remove search terms, the company list refreshes with the companies matching the revised terms.
To add terms to your search,
- enter the additional terms in the bar and then click the spyglass icon.
Result: The list refreshes with the matching results and the revised terms are displayed below the search bar.
To remove search terms from a search,
- click the x on the search term group to open the menu and then click the trashcan icon:
Result: The search group is removed and the company list refreshes with the results matching the remaining search terms.
Saving a company search
You can save any of your company searches for future use. You can save a new search, rename a search, and make modifications to any of your existing company searches. For more information, see Working with saved company searches.
Assigning a search
System administrator's can assign searches to other users in the company.
To assign a search,
1 | Once the search runs, click Assign Search from the top menu bar. | ||||||
2 | In the Assign Search menu, choose from the following options.
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Understanding the column values in the company list
Each column in the list contains information relating to the companies in the list. All of the information available for the company is displayed on the line for the company.
Notes:
- Clicking on the company name value opens the details page for the individual company. For more information, see Working with the company details page.
- For information about adding, removing, reordering, locking, and filtering columns, see Setting up your workspace.
The following table describes the fields in the company results list.
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The star indicates that the company is included in your Watch List. Clicking on the star adds or removes a company from your. For more information, see Adding companies to your Watch List in the section above. | ||||||||
Company Name | The name of the company | |||||||
Company ID | The CMD- generated code for the company. | |||||||
Phone Number | The phone and fax number for the company. | |||||||
Fax Number | ||||||||
Classification / Role |
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Mailing Address | ||||||||
Address | The mailing address for the company. This can be a different address than the street address shown below. | |||||||
City | ||||||||
State/Province | ||||||||
County | ||||||||
Postal Code | ||||||||
Street Address
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Address | The physical address for the company. This can be a different address than the mailing address shown above. | |||||||
City | ||||||||
State/Province | ||||||||
County | ||||||||
Postal Code | ||||||||
Search tags | Indicates that the project meets the criteria of a tagged search. To set up tags for searches, see the step for tagging searches in Saving a company search. For more information about using tags in your search, click here to see the Search Tags video. | |||||||
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Planning Project Count | The number of projects and their value in the planning stage in which the company is playing a role. | |||||||
Planning Project Value | ||||||||
Bidding Project Count | The number of projects and their value in the bidding stage in which the company is playing a role. | |||||||
Bidding Project Value | ||||||||
Post Bid Project Count | The number of projects and their value in the post bid stage in which the company is playing a role. | |||||||
Post Bid Project Value | ||||||||
Total Project Count | The total number of projects and their value in all stages in which the company is playing a role. | |||||||
Total Project Value | ||||||||
Total Material Demand | The total estimated value, or material demand, of all projects in which the company is playing a role. | |||||||
Contacts | ||||||||
Name | The name and contact information of the person at the company generally responsible for handling building information. | |||||||
Position | ||||||||
Address | ||||||||
Phone Number | ||||||||
Company Email | The main company email address. | |||||||
Classification | The line of business for the company, such as Architect or General Contractor. | |||||||
Update date | The date of the most recent update to the company listing. | |||||||
Last Update | The data for the last update. | |||||||
Matching Project Count | The number of projects associated with the company found in the search. | |||||||
Matching Project Value | The known value of the projects for the company found in the current search. | |||||||
Matching Projects Forecasted Value | The total estimated value, or material demand, of the projects for the company for the current search. |
Working with the Filters menu
The Filters menu on the left side of the page lets you apply filtering options to the projects associated with the companies in the list. Each time you add or remove a filtering option, the list refreshes with the companies matching your selected options.
Filtering options include bidding information, value, stages and category (as shown in the following example with the Stage category expanded):
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Note: You can show or hide the Filters menu using the arrow on the right side of the menu.
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Applying filters to the list
To apply filters the list,
- click the plus + sign next to each option to expand the menu
- make your selections or enter values.
Results:
With each filtering selection, the project list refreshes with the results and the total count of projects updates.
Notes:
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Customizing your filtering options
You can customize the Filters menu to include only those filtering options that you most frequently use. Your Filters menu settings remain in force until you change them, including logging in and out. You can add filters to a saved filter set to include additional filters. For more information, see Adding filters from a search outside of your filter set.
To customize your filtering options,
- Click More Filters at either the top or bottom of the menu to display all of the filters:
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- In the menu, select the filters you want, or click All at the top left of the menu to select all of the filters. Note that clicking All again removes all of the filters:
Note: All options are selected by default.
- Click Save and Close when you are done.
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Adding filters from a search outside of your filter set
You can included filters from outside of your own filter set.
When you run a saved search that includes filters outside of your own set, the results match the savedsearch |
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Filters menu descriptions and options
The following table describes the Filters menu options that you can use for filtering the companies in the list.
- Click to clear all of the filters that you currently have in use.
- Click the plus + sign to expand the menu.
Note: This option is only available after you use the Filters menu.
Note: To include projects that are not fully verified by the ConstructConnect Research Department, select Show prospective projects.
Filter by Status
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Use to show, hide and exclude certain project types in your results. Note that this option is not available for company results.
Click... | And then select... |
Include | Hidden Projects to include hidden projects in your results. Note: Hidden projects are not included in your project search results by default. |
Exclude | any of the following to exclude these project types from your search results:
Note: These project types are included in your results by default. |
Show Only | any of the following to show only these project types in your search results:
Note: Any project types not selected are excluded from your search results. |
Use to apply the criteria of tagged searches to the current list of projects displayed on the page. You can apply all the tags shown or select from the list, up to five maximum.
- Click At least one search tag and then click on the tags that you want to include.
- Click All search tags to apply all tagged searches shown.
- Click Apply Selection when you are done:
Note: Click Clear to remove all search tag criteria and reset the menu.
Enter the postal code for the project:
- Enter five (5) digits for the U.S. and six (6) for Canada, and then select the outward radius for the code in miles (5, 10, 25, 50, 150).
Use to specify the internal floor area of the project:
- Click Unit Of Measure and select either Square Feet or Square Meters.
Note that the system converts to the requested measurement type during the search, but the results always display the unit of measurement in the format native to the project.
Notes:
- For best use, combine this filter with a Documents CSI keyword search from the search bar tile. Only those projects that contain the specified CSI code are returned.
- Plans contain no CSI codes but can have your keyword included in the project documents.