SOUTH DAKOTA

WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM

STORET INPUT SCREENS

Why Create Input Screens

• Inputting Data

• Editing Data

Requirements of Input Screens

• Easily changed– Design– Input parameters

• Readily accessible– Inexpensive– Ease to distribute– Standard format

Requirements of Input Screens(continued)

• Supported by the State’s Computer Support Division– Microsoft Products

• Compatible with STORET– SIM

Tables Behinds the Screens

• Tables Edited With Every New Project

• Tables Linked to All Projects

• Temporary Storage Tables

Tables Edited With Every New Project

• Project

• Station Project Bridge

• Personnel

• Gear / Sample Collection Procedure

Project Table

• Linked Directly to STORET – Project ID– Project Name– Project Description– Start Date– Duration

Station Project Bridge Table

• Linked to the Project Table

– Project ID– Station ID– Station Category

Personnel Table

• Linked to Project Table

– Project ID– Personnel listed for the project

Gear / Sample Collection Procedure• Linked to the Station Project Bridge Table

– Project ID– Medium– Type of station category– Activity class– Sample collection procedure– Configuration name– Gear ID– Link to the temporary table

Project Table

Personnel

Station - Project Bridge

Gear/Sample Collection Procedure

Station Type

Project ID

Project ID

Project ID

Tables Linked to All Projects(Edited Less Often)

• Activity Class Descriptions

• Analytical Codes

• Pick Lists

• Master Taxa List– Algae– Macroinvertebrates

Tables For Temporary Data

• Hold Data Until Put in SIM Format

• Parameter Tables Are Linked to Metadata by a “metalink”

So What Have We Ended Up With??

Data Export to SIM Format

• Access Module Formats Data into a “Pipe” Delimited File

• File is Stored on C: Drive ready For SIM Upload

Conclusions

• Data entry screens allow anyone to input data

• Data edits are relatively to perform

• With a little massaging it uploads to SIM

• It works for us

The End