3. REPORT/ DISPLAY FUNCTIONS 



Having all the information from the Montana Rivers Study stored 



in your computer is of little value unless the information can be 



recovered in a manner usable to the user. The system has a full 



service reporting function built in to allow you to report the data in 

 numerous ways. 



Four reports are available under the current release of the system. 

 These reports are: 



1. Value Class Summary By Water Code 



2. Value Class Summary By Reach 



3. Resource Area Detailed Report 



4. Straight File Dump 



An example of each of these reports is contained in Appendix C. 



3.1. Selecting Records 



Obviously, each time that you want to 

 the data management system, you don't want 

 data for the entire state. The system has a 

 system that allows you to "custom tailor" the 

 needs. By selecting choice "1", "2", 

 series of menus and submenus that 



conditions for your report, 

 the following section. 



generated a report from 

 to have to list all the 

 built in query and index 

 reports to your specific 

 or "3" you will be presented with a 

 will allow you to set specific 

 These conditions are shown in detail in 



3.1.1. The Resource Selection Menu: 



The Resource Menu will display only if you have selected the 



Resource Area Detailed Report or the Straight File Dump. The 



Resource Menu is the same menu that is used in the File 

 Management Routines. It is reproduced on the following page. 



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