Welcome to TMK Essentials

Within this page you will find links to videos we have created as well as links to specific guides.
The section headers are links to the videos.
Links within each section will open the specific guides.

You may also click on the time stamps next to various sections to jump to that part of the video

Comments on the Youtube videos have been disabled. Please feel free to leave comments at the bottom of this guide.

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 TMK Essentials (Part 1) The Basics 18 minutes
(click the section headers to view the videos)

• Login
• Data Status
• Main Menu
• Tabs
• Header icons
• Help (Knowledge base)
• Toggle Menu
• Contact HIS
• Standard Search (8:22)
• Hover help
• Search Now, Modify and Count buttons
• Understanding taxkeys
• Market – Subdivisions
• Taxkey search – Parcel, Plat, Section, etc.
• Action buttons – Copy, Email, etc.
• Search results – Formats (basics)

 TMK Essentials (Part 2) Searching 19 minutes

• Searching with Taxkeys in REsearch
• Types of search fields
  • Find – Modifier: OR
  • Drop Downs
  • Open – Modifiers: OR (commas), TO, AND NOT, EVEN, ODD
  • Range – Numbers and Dates
  • Check boxes
• Search request recap, quick edit (10:24)
• Add Fields
  • Field color coding
• Save / Load Saved searches

 TMK Essentials (Part 3) Search results 23 minutes

• Per page
• Sort by
• TMK one line – modfiy columns
• Format drop down – Options
• Formats
• Combining formats
• Next / Previous Page (11:18)
• Show search recap
• Customer format
• Action buttons – Page / Checked / Not Checked
• Basket

 TMK Essentials (Part 4) Create a CMA 8 minutes

• Subject property Residential, Condo, Land
• Expanding the search area

 TMK Essentials (Part 5) Downloading Spreadsheets / Custom Formats
13 minutes

• Settings – allowing your account to use custom formats
• Building custom formats
• Telling the system you would like to download data
• Download file types explained
• Saving / loading custom built formats
• Fill all custom cells

 TMK Essentials (Part 6) Mapping 19 minutes

• Map Layout Settings (Sorry, forgot to cover this in the video)
• Map pin, Parcel flags
• Toolbar – Zoom, Measurement tools
• Draw – Search shapes
• Action menu – Copy, Print, etc.
• Full Screen / Pop-out (11:00)
• Layers
• Basket examples

Further reading.
Click here to view our full collection of TMK help guides