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FSTA search status

The FSTA search status panel is available from all screens and summarizes a number of aspects of the FSTA Direct system. The content of the panel differs according to the type of customer you are.

Annual subscribers

  • Your username and organization name are shown, together with Log out and, if appropriate, Start new session links
  • FSTA data are summarized - date of last update and number of records in the entire database
  • Current Limits are shown, if set, together with a link to Set Limits
  • Current Preferences are shown, together with a link to Set Preferences

Prepay customers

  • Your username and organization name are shown, together with Log out and, if appropriate, Start new session links
  • Account status records the number of units left in your account
  • Full or Biblio views remaining shows the number of records that can be viewed in the stated format; a coloured circle warns you if the account level is all right (green), getting low (orange) or requires immediate topping up (red)
  • FSTA data are summarized - date of last update and number of records in the entire database
  • Current Limits are shown, if set, together with a link to Set Limits
  • Current Preferences are shown, together with a link to Set Preferences

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