Date Range allows you to restrict the sighting records considered in the report to those with sighting dates within the range of dates you supply. The allowable dates are from 1/1/1930 to 12/31/2029. The Date Entry Dialog is used.
This Year will insert the date range 1/1/(this year)-12/31/(this year). An AviSys Exclusive!
Last Year will insert a date range for the previous year. This saves keystrokes when you are selecting a year-to-date report. An AviSys Exclusive!
Seasonal completely changes the meaning of the date range. For example, a Seasonal date range of 6/13/89 through 8/21/92 actually means “Select the records that occurred between the dates June 13 and August 21 for each of the years 1989 through 1992. (To be sure we’ve been clear—a record on September 3, 1990 would not be included.) In essence, you can define your own “seasons,” and run reports for them for any range of years. Another AviSys Exclusive! (Certain reports, such as spreadsheets, will present different date entry dialogs to accomodate their unique date requirements.)
Place allows you to restrict the sighting records used in the report to those assigned to the Place you select and any Places linked to it. For example, selecting Georgia would include sightings assigned directly to the state of Georgia, plus those assigned to Atlanta, DeKalb county, Stone Mountain, Tara, etc. (A special facility, Z-LIST, allows you to use multiple Places. Another AviSys Exclusive!)
Checklist presents the Checklist selection menu where you can invoke a state, nation (with the Shawneen Finnegan Nation Checklist Add-On), or custom checklist, restricting the sighting records considered in the main body of the report to those of the species that are marked (included) in the invoked checklist.
Quantity and Incidents are used for Census Spreadsheet reports, and determine if the spreadsheets will count the actual quantities of birds seen, or just the number of sighting incidents for each species.
Attributes provide a means to select records based on such criteria as habitat, sex, maturity, behavior, photographed, heard-only, etc. You can create up to 100 formal Attributes which you select from a table, 5,000 in a drop-down list, and you can have an unlimited number of informal Attributes. Multiple Attributes can be used with such operators as AND, OR and NOT to provide comprehensive control of report assembly, such as ignoring "heard-only" records. Attributes are another AviSys Exclusive!
Key Words provide a means to select records based on words or phrases in the comments. This also provides a way to select for an unlimited number of locations in addition to the formal Places. You can create up to 100 formal Key Words which you select from a table an AviSys exclusive, 5,000 in a dropdown list, and an unlimited number of informal Key Words.
Load and Store: If you will be using a report frequently, once you have it set up you can Store the report criteria as a named report. When you want to run it again, you just click Load, select the report by name, and the criteria are automatically set up.
Trips is used to pick up report criteria automatically from the AviSys Trip Log.