MONTANA DEPARTMENT HSH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS 

 MRIS Reporting Program 



Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks 



Montana Rivers Information System 



Test Data 



Save a Report Control File 



09/29/1993 



Enter control file description: Pure populations of westslope in up Miss. 

 Enter control file name: UESTHO 



-Format 



Full Stream Report 



-Order 



Stream RRN 



Figure 18. Save A Report Control File 



3.2 Retrieve a Report Control File. When the Main Menu returns, select Retrieve a 

 Report Control File. A menu showing the brief descriptions of previously saved control 

 files appears. Select WESTMO, the one you just created and view the search criteria with 

 Verify Search Criteria and Report Format utility. You can now modify the query, 

 produce the report again, retrieve the data produced by the modified search, or save the 

 modified query under a different name. 



3.3 Saving a Record Number File. Saving a Record Number File is a handy feature when 

 you have created a query that has taken some time to generate or one that is commonly 

 requested (fish species of special concern lists, chronic dewatered streams, etc). This utility 

 allows you to save the selected records, not just the query, so you can retrieve the records 

 to use again. 



After choosing Step 3: Produce the Report, from the Main Menu, choose Save 

 Record Numbers to a file. A screen similar to the one shown in Figure 19 will appear; 

 fill it in with the description and file name shown in Figure 19. 



Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks 

 Montana Rivers Information System 



Choose a Record Ninber File 



09/23/1993 



Enter Record Nunber file description: Streams in up Mo with pure 012 

 Enter Record Nuinber file name: WESTMO 



-Format 



Full Stream Report 



-Order 



Stream RRN 



Figure 19. Save a Record Number File Screen 



Let it run for a short time to allow a few records to be saved before pressing escape 

 and ending the report. These files are given the extension .RNF. 



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