MONTANA DEPARTMENT HSH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS 

 MRIS Reporting Program 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



1 THE MONTANA RIVERS INFORMATION SYSTEM REPORTING PROGRAM 



LI OVERVIEW 



L2 INSTALLATION AND EQUIPMENT 



L2.1 Equipment Needed 



L2.2 Installing the Reporting Program 



1.3 THINGS TO REMEMBER 2 



1.3.1 If You Get an Error 2 



1.3.2 Technical Support and Other Assistance 2 



1.3.3 The EPA River Reach Numbering System 3 



1.3.4 GIS and Querying the Montana Rivers Information System 3 



1.4 USING THE SYSTEM 4 



1.4.1 Starting the MRIS Reporting Program Software 4 



1.4.2 Main Menu or Opening Screen 4 



1.5 ELEMENTS OF A RETRIEVAL 5 



1.5.1 Design the Report 5 



Step 1: Set up the Search 5 



Step 2: Select a Report Format 5 



Step 3: Produce the Report 5 



1.5.2 Utility Options 5 



Verify Search Criteria and Report Format 5 



Save a Report Control File 6 



Retrieve a Report Control File 6 



Count Records Matching Search Criteria 6 



Override Default Report Order 6 



2 EXAMPLE OF A COMMON RETRIEVALS 6 



2.1 A Simple Query - Selecting a stream name 7 



Step 1: Set up the Search 7 



2.1.1 Step 2: Select the Report Format 10 



2.1.2 Step 3: Produce the Report 12 



2.2 A More Complex Query - Fish Species, by Genetic Code, by Hydrologic Unit ... 14 



3 OTHER FEATURESOF THE MRIS REPORTING PROGRAM 20 



3.1 Saving a Report Control File 20 



3.2 Retrieve a Report Control File 21 



3.3 Saving a Record Number File 21 



3.4 Using a Record Number File 22 



3.5 Save a File 22 



3.6 Changing Search Criteria 24 



3.7 Overriding Default Reporting Order 26 



4 EXITING THE SYSTEM 26 



