Master This menu allows you to select one of the 



RESOURCE CATEGORY MENU listed data bases for further querying or 



editing. Which of the following Resource 

 Categories do you wish to access? 



1. Fisheries 



2. Wildlife 



3. Natural Features (botanical and specially managed areas) 



4. Natural Features (geological) 



5. Recreation 



6. Cultural Features 



7. Description (For Value Class Reports) 

 0. Exit 



Select: 



Fig. 3-1: The Resource Menu in REPORT mode 



If you selected Report Option "4" - Straight File Dump, no more 

 user input is necessary. The system will print the entire contents of 

 the file. Note that some of these files are quite lengthy and that the 

 time required for the complete report is a function of the speed of your 

 printer. 



BE SURE YOUR PRINTER IS ON AND READY TO PRINT 



The system will prompt you to be sure your printer is on line. 



However, if you forget to select your printer, the system will fail. 



At this point you must restart the data management system before 

 continuing. 



Most of the report functions have a "bail-out" feature built in. 

 The display will inform you to press the "0"' (zero) key to stop the 

 printing. In a few cases, you will be prompted to use the "ESCAPE" key 

 to terminate the print. This is one of the few times the escape key is 

 active. In all other instances, the Escape key will not terminate the 

 current function. 



3.2. Setting the Query Conditions: 



A Query Condition is a set of filters that will allow only records 

 meeting the conditions of the filter to be reported. You can think of a 

 filter as a sieve. By defining the parameters that you want, you are 

 setting the "size of the sieve opening" so that only certain size elements 

 will "fall through". 



There are numerous choices of predefined query conditions 

 available to you through the data management system. However, 

 the predefined choices may not always meet your needs. If this is the 

 case, the system contains "AD-HOC" query condition options that will 

 allow you to systematically construct a customized query (filter) 

 condition. More discussion of the AD-HOC query generator will follow in 

 a later section. 



3-2 



