MONTANA DEPARTMENT HSH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS 

 MRIS Reporting Program 



the menuing system, commonly used keys, and other software features. The examples 

 assume the MRIS Reporting Program is loaded and the Main Menu is on the screen (Figure 

 1). If you are not at this point, please go back to Section 1.2 and go through the steps to 

 install the MRIS Reporting Program. Keep in mind that some searches will take time; 

 there are over 8,000 stream reaches in MRIS, and over 30,000 records in some of the 

 individual databases. Features have been included in the programming to save the data 

 selected by these lengthy queries and you will learn about those features as you go 

 through the user's manual. 



2.1 A Simple Query - Selecting a stream name 



Step 1: Set up the Search - The highlight bar is on 'Set up the Search' in Figure 1 

 when the MRIS Reporting Program is first started. Choose this item by pressing the 

 Enter key. The following menu will appear (Figure 2). 



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Design the query from the following categories. Enter criteria 

 from as many categories as needed to create the query you want. 



Select a Category 



Include the following categories: 

 Stream Name 

 Location 

 Land Ownership 

 Fisheries 

 Recreation Features 



No Exclude categories 



Ad Hoc Query 

 Use a Record Nunber File 

 Clear All Selection Criteria 

 Return to Main Menu 



-Format 



Brief Stream Report 



-Order 



Stream RRN 



Figure 2. Set up the Search 



The highlight bar is on Stream Name when the menu appears, press Enter to choose 

 this option and bring up the next screen (Figure 3). 



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