FIA TOOLSForest Inventory &

AnalysisWeb-based tools

Interactive programs with a User Interface

Available 24-7, on the national FIA Web site

Easy access to the national FIA databaseGenerate Reports with FIDO and EVALIDatorDownload data with DataMart

Easy access to other FIA databases

FIA TOOLS

Today’s Presentation

Overview of the FIA Data & Tools web page

Brief tour of the DataMart

Focus is on FIDO – Forest Inventory Data Online A tool that helps you produce summary tables & reports and generate simple maps using the most recent version of the FIADB.

Getting Started…

How do you access the FIATOOLS web page?

A number of ways …

http://fia.fs.fed.us/National FIA website – Home Page

Or, simply type ‘fiatools’

Address line of your Internet Browser

Quickest and most direct way to bring up the

FIATOOLS webpage

FIA TOOLS web pageFIA TOOLS web page

All the population estimates are listed for every evaluation that are available.Right click to Export to Excel.

Click on a state

That’s an overview of the FIA TOOLS webpage and how to download FIA data

Questions ??

“FIDO”Forest Inventory Data Online

Web Tool

How do you start FIDO ?

Go to the FIATOOLS web pageClick on FIDO the button!

FIDO Welcome Page

000

Custom Retrievals – welcome page

8 steps to create and run

a report.

FIDO working screen

Start New Retrieval

Template Categories

Template Categories

Template Categories

Select Template

Select Template

Region of Interest

Map Display

Choose Survey Years

Annual and Periodic Surveys

Produce Report

Wait for the report to run

Spinning circle

means its working!

Your report is ready!Options for

display

Options for

display

Report Display

Forest land Estimates

Timberland Estimates

Table Descriptions

Saving Report Output

Other Output Formats --PDF

Other Output Formats -Excel

Other Output Formats - Map

Other Features – Editing Report

All buttons become active again.

Users can change every aspect of the report – from changing the summary output to choosing different survey years.

EDIT mode

Other Features – Copying a report

A duplicate report appears in the report list.

Users can now click on the EDIT button and change this extra copy.COPY option

Delete the report – click the X

Other Features – Run more reports

Select a new report

Keep Area and Years

Collect Reports

All reports in your current session remain active. Select one to redisplay or edit.

FIDO Exercise 1 – Basic Navigation

FIDO_Webinar_Exercise 1_Basic_Navigation_1.5.1.05.pdf