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Dynamic Criteria Panel
The dynamic criteria panel (DCP) lets you add and revise criteria while viewing search results at Map or List, and is a quick and powerful alternative to the Revise Criteria button. You can show or hide the dynamic criteria panel as needed. When opened, the panel is positioned at the right side of a Map or List.
Use the criteria panel to add, remove, or revise criteria. Use the Other Fields dropdown list to add fields to the panel. The system updates search results after each change you make; if you prefer not to see property markers on the maps, select the Hide checkbox in the dynamic criteria panel.
Once opened, the dynamic criteria panel remains open until you close it.
The panel automatically opens when you run a map search - or any other search that includes a drawn shape - and the panel's “Map Search” checkbox is automatically selected. Although the panel is automatically closed at List, you can open the panel if needed. When opened at List, the “Map Search” checkbox is unselected.
Note:
- When viewing Favourites or Listing Cart while at List or Map, the dynamic criteria panel is not available.
How . . .
To Use the Map Search Checkbox
To Hide Map Markers
To Open and Close the Dynamic Criteria Panel
To Conserve Display Space for the Map and Dynamic Criteria Panel
To Preview Search Results at the Dynamic Criteria Panel
To Save the Updated Search
To Save a New Prospect Search
To Clear Criteria in the Dynamic Criteria Panel
Use the Map Search Checkbox
At the top of the dynamic criteria panel, a checkbox labeled “Map Search” controls whether or not a map offers a full map search that updates automatically as you change the map, shape, or criteria; or a fixed set of mapped results. By selecting and clearing the Map Search checkbox you can switch between a searchable map and one that, even when zoomed or dragged, does not change the current set of mapped listings.
When you select Map Search, you enable a full map search. The system removes the following fields from the criteria panel: Area, Municipality, Community, and MLS#. To define or change a location you must drag, zoom, or draw a map shape. All changes trigger an automatic re-run of the search. Updated results are immediately reflected in the map frame and in the results list below.
When you clear Map Search, the set of mapped results remains fixed. The system restores Area, Municipality, Community, and MLS# fields in the criteria panel. If, however, you attempt to draw shapes, the system prompts you to enable Map Search.
Whether the dynamic criteria panel is open or closed, the current state of the Map Search checkbox remains the same. If the Map Search checkbox is selected before you close the criteria panel, it remains selected when you close the panel.
Notes:
- When you start a Map Search at the Search Type page, search results display at Map. The dynamic criteria panel automatically opens with Map Search selected, so a full map search is enabled.
- When you start a New Search at the Search Type page and define the location by field (Area, Municipality, Community, MLS#), results display at List. The dynamic criteria panel automatically closes with the Map Search checkbox cleared. Without leaving List, you can open the dynamic criteria panel and change criteria to update the results list. To see those changes at Map, click Map at the action bar. In this case, at Map, the dynamic criteria panel is closed by default, and the Map Search checkbox remains cleared.
- To enable a full map search at Map, open the dynamic criteria panel and select Map Search.
- To work instead with a fixed set of mapped properties at Map (without enabling a full map search) leave the Map Search checkbox deselected.
- When you start a New Search at the Search Type page and define the location by shape (polygon or radius), results display at Map. The dynamic criteria panel automatically opens with Map Search selected, enabling a full map search.
To Hide Map Markers
At the top of the dynamic criteria panel, a checkbox labeled “Hide Listings” controls whether or not listing markers display on the Map along with search results below. When selected, Hide Listings prevents markers and results from showing, even when the Map Search checkbox is selected at the criteria panel.
Note:
Hide Listings does not prevent searches from being run with every change to the map or criteria when the Map Search checkbox is selected; Hide Listings merely suppresses the display of markers and results.
- View the map with markers displayed.
- Click Hide Listings at the dynamic criteria panel. The markers and results are hidden from view.
- Clear the Hide Listings checkbox to show the listings.
To Open and Close the Dynamic Criteria Panel
To open the dynamic criteria panel, if it is not already open, click 
the down arrow at the top right side of List's control bar. (Find the arrow next to the Revise Criteria button.)
To close the dynamic criteria panel, click 
the up arrow to the right of the panel's title.
To Conserve Display Space for the Map and Dynamic Criteria Panel
If the display on your screen is too crowded to simultaneously display the left-side menu, map, and dynamic criteria panel, the system automatically closes the left menu and opens the top menu to allow room for the map and dynamic criteria panel.
To close the dynamic criteria panel, clickthe up arrow to the right of the panel's title.
To re-open the left menu, click the down arrow at the left side of the horizontal menu bar.
To Preview Search Results at the Dynamic Criteria Panel
Just as you can preview criteria at the Criteria page, you can preview criteria at the dynamic criteria panel. The panel has its own small action bar.
To preview search results, click Preview on the action bar. Preview shows a summary of the search criteria in the form of search statements. If the criteria is valid, you can see how each search statement reduces the count of results the search will find.
To Save the Updated Search
Just as you can save a search at the Criteria page, you can save a search at the dynamic criteria panel. The panel has its own small action bar.
To save a search, click Save on the action bar, enter a name, and click Save.
To save changes to a previously-saved search, click Save on the action bar. Then save the changed search with a new name: Click Save As, enter a name, and click Save.
To Save a New Prospect Search
You can save a prospect search at the dynamic criteria panel. The panel has its own small action bar.
To save a prospect search, click Prospect on the action bar. At the Create Prospect dialog box, fill in the fields and click Save Prospect.
The new Prospect is now available from the Search Type page, and is visible at Contacts.
To Clear Criteria in the Dynamic Criteria Panel
Just as you can clear Criteria at the Criteria page, you can clear criteria at the dynamic criteria panel. The panel has its own small action bar.
To clear criteria, click Clear on the action bar.
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Help for Stratus MLS v3.47.3 December 20, ,2016
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