MONTANA DEPARTMENT nSH, WILDLIFE. AND PARKS 

 MRIS Reporting Program 



To make selections you can: 



1. Use the arrow keys to move down to the desired menu item and press Enter, 

 or 



2. Type the first or highlighted character or number of the menu item; this will 

 position the highlight bar on the item. Press Enter to complete the selection. 



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

 menus. You can select items from these menus in the same manner as just described. 



1.5 ELEMENTS OF A RETRIEVAL 



The MRIS Reporting Program allows you to search the MRIS data in a variety of 

 ways. Several report formats are available that determine how much information is 

 presented and how diat information is arranged on the page or screen. In addition, 

 there are options that allow you to save your data query or queried records for future 

 use. The necessary steps to create a data query and report are discussed below. 



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

 data reports (Figure 1). 



Step 1: Set up the Search. This selection determines how you will look for data 

 records and design the question you will ask. That is, will you use stream name, 

 location, land ownership, fisheries, recreation, wildlife, or a combination of these 

 and other available parameters to find information on a particular stream reach or 

 group of stream reaches? 



Step 2: Select a Report Format. This option allows you to select from several 

 report formats, ranging from a one line summary to a full report of all available 

 MRIS data. 



Step 3: Produce the Report. This menu item starts the data search and 

 production of the report. Data reports can be sent to the screen, to an ASCn file 

 (for further word processing), to a printer, or to a record file. 



1.5.2 Utility Options. The Main Menu also provides several user options (Figure 1). 



Verify Search Criteria and Report Format. This item allows you to see the 

 criteria you've selected in Step 1 and 2. This makes it easy to see exactly what 

 selections you've made and identify any mistakes so they can be corrected 



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