Use of the STOP button on your web browser when searching NCIS - Please read!

We have recently had several occasions when users have started to run a query through the query design or coroners search screen, and due to the time taken to return results/or wishing to change the nature of their search, have hit the STOP button on their browser and restarted the search again.

Despite appearances that the search has stopped on the web interface, the original search does continue running in the background environment. Therefore, running searches and selecting the stop button multiple times actually slows down system performance, and affects others access to the database. Therefore please consider the following before running a NCIS search:

1) If running a broad search, it can take up to a few minutes for results to appear on the screen. This is becoming more of an issue as more and more cases are now available on the NCIS. You will sometimes need to wait for the results to appear on the screen.

2) Consider whether you can narrow the search down further.

3) Whether you can use the unload to file option (on the query design screen).

If having trouble in obtaining results from search queries, please contact the NCIS team, and we will assist you in obtaining the data you require.