Logging In
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Browser. Star works best in Chrome or Firefox. If you’re experiencing errors, they often will not occur if you switch to using one of these browsers (if you were using a different one).
Connection Issues. If pages are loading slowly, or if you receive an error message after a very long loading time, that usually indicates a connection issue rather than a bug. Please check your computer and internet connection, shut down any other applications that are open, and perhaps sign out and sign in again or reset the computer.
It’s common to enter duplicate information when experiencing connection issues. To avoid this, avoid hitting any “Save” or “Submit” buttons a second time, until the page has refreshed fully, and you’ve had a chance to see whether the information got in the first time.
Common Problems
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I can’t add an assessment / there’s no “Start New” assessment button. In order to be able to add surveys, your project supervisor at CYFD must upload an up-to-date certificate. Please contact them to enable assessment entry for you, if you can’t add assessments.
Assessment not saving. In almost all cases, this is due to required information not being included. It’s possible to move through the survey and get to the submission button while skipping information that is needed to submit. Please make sure to thoroughly review the survey to see if anything is unanswered. We all miss a question now and again - so no worries! If you can’t see what’s missing, ask a friend or supervisor to check with fresh eyes.
A filled out survey is not showing up as saved. This could be due to a number of different things. The most common is having the forms open in multiple browsers.
I don’t know how to / can’t find the client ID. A Star Client ID is a “C” followed by 15 digits, like this: C001000000012345. It will display at the top of the client record page you are viewing.
It doesn’t look like the system shared my survey. The CAT / CANS survey functionality in Star does not automatically share CAT/CANS surveys with any other agency. Where the survey mentions sharing surveys, this is a place for you to record where you have shared the survey using other means.
How do I record referrals? If you need to record a referral that you followed up on, you will need to visit the “Services” tab for the client record in question and add a new service. This will create a record that the referral recommended by the program was followed-up on. Referrals are not recorded on the same part of the application as the survey.
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