MONTANA RIVERS INFORMATION SYSTEM 

 Rivers Report 



Once you press the Enter key, you will be presented with a series of 

 additional menus. You can select items fr6m these menus in the same 

 manner as just described. 



1.4 ELEMENTS OF A RETRIEVAL 



There are three elements of a retrieval. 



1. Design the Report. There are three parts to designing retrievals for 

 producing data reports. 



a. Select/Change the report content (Figure 1). This item 

 determines how you will look for data. That is, will you use stream 

 name, water code, final value class, county, or a combination of these 

 parameters to find information on a particular stream? 



b. Select/Change the report format (Figure 1). This determines the 

 amount of data included in the report. Examples of the four kinds 

 of report formats available are shown beginning with Section 3. 



c. Select/Change the record order in report (Figure 1). This menu 

 item selects, or activates, the appropriate data index to speed up the 

 search. For example, if you're searching for a stream using the 

 stream name, you want to activate the stream name index. This 

 allows the software to locate records by searching a smaller ordered 

 (alphabetized) list of stream names rather than searching the entire 

 database. 



2. Review the Report. Selecting Display the report designed (Figure 

 1) will display all of the selections you have made to the screen. This 

 makes it easy to see exactly what you've done and see any mistakes you 

 may have made so they can be changed. 



3. Produce the Report. The options below PRODUCE THE REPORT' 



allows you to choose how the report will be viewed. 



a. Count the records (Figure 1). This item will count the records 

 meeting the criteria you selected in Designing the Report. 



b. Display the report to the screen (Figure 1) allows you to view 

 the report on your computer terminal. 



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