1. DATIM Quick Start Guide DATIM 3.0 The DATIM 3.0 user interface contains the basic elements described here. DATIM URL Enter the DATIM URL in the Internet Explorer address bar to launch the application. Navigation menu The links available in this contextual menu depend on your user role, login status, and the area of DATIM you are working in. For example, if you select analysis tasks, a submenu of specific ATIM tasks will become available. User Survey Click the Evaluate This System link to complete a customer satisfaction survey. Last Modified Look here to see how recently the application was modified. Ribbon Quick links to the main areas in DATIM are provided here. Register and login To register as a DATIM user, click login to get started. When the Login form opens, click the Register now link to create your user profile. Once registered, you can simply click login and enter your user name and password. Need help? Click here to view help content. Minimize the header Click here to hide the ribbon and header. Disclaimers / Privacy Policy Click these links to read the website disclaimers and privacy policy. Print page Click here to print the page. Connection status Look here to confirm the server connection.

2. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Executing DATIM in Internet Explorer 1 1 Internet Explorer is the preferred web browser to use when executing DATIM. 1 1 To get started with DATIM, begin by executing the DATIM application in your web browser. DATIM URL To get started with DATIM, enter http://apps.fs.fed.us/d atim/#/Home in the Internet Explorer address bar. http://apps.fs.fed.us/d atim/#/Home 2 2 If you’re having trouble launching DATIM, try these steps: If you receive a notice to install Microsoft Silverlight, verify that it is already installed (version 5.0 or higher) by visiting the Silverlight site. Silverlight Yes, I have Silverlight… Disabling Active X Filtering in Internet Explorer (IE) 11 or higher To disable Active X Filtering, follow these steps: 1.From the IE toolbar, select the Tools icon to expand the list of options. 2.Point to Safety from the available options. 3.Find ActiveX Filtering in the list. If a check mark appears next to it, then ActiveX filtering is enabled. 4.To disable, click on the Active X Filtering option to remove the check mark. 5.Re-launch DATIM in the IE web browser. No … I don’t have Silverlight… Installing Silverlight To install Microsoft Silverlight, click the Click now to install button on the install notice.

3. Registering as a user DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide 1 1 Log in To register as a DATIM user, begin by clicking login at the top of the screen. 2 2 Register When the Login form opens, click the Register now link to create your user profile. 3 3 Create Your User Profile Fill out the information in the Register window to create your user account. Once registered, you can simply click login and enter your user name and password. As a registered user, you have access to ATIM, DTIM, and SIT. You are able to run standard analysis reports and create custom reports. You are able to work with SIT with access to fuzzed coordinates only. To use actual plot locations or to be able to add variables to the database using the DATIM Compilation System (DCS) you must be an administrative user. If you believe you should be promoted to an administrative user role, send us an email at datim@fs.fed.us.datim@fs.fed.us

4. Getting started with DTIM DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide The Design Tool for inventory and Monitoring (DTIM) was developed to assist natural resource managers to design resource inventory and monitoring plans that address their information needs and are both statistically defensible and cost efficient. 1 1 Accessing DTIM To open the design tool, click DTIM in the ribbon or design tasks in the navigation menu. 2 2 Welcome to DTIM This will open the Welcome to DTIM screen which provides a summary of the DTIM tool and help options. Click OK to close the Welcome screen and open DTIM. 3 3 The DTIM Start Page Opens The Objectives, Questions, Metrics, and Output Table tabs are used to identify your information needs. The remaining tabs - Area Info., Precision of Current Values, Precision of Change Values, and Sample Sizes- are used to develop plans for additional sampling. Work through these tabs to identify information needs… Continue on to the remaining tabs to set precision requirements and to estimate sample size and costs.

5. Starting a new DTIM project DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide A DTIM project comprises your objectives, questions, metrics, precision requirements, and filter (page/row/column) variables. It may also include the number of sampling plots needed for your desired level of precision and the estimated cost of your sampling design. 1 1 Starting a New DTIM Project There are ten tasks associated with creating a new DTIM project: Task 1: Define a new project. Task 2: Select objectives Task 3: Select questions Task 4: Select metrics Task 5: Design output tables Task 6: Input study area information Task 7: Set precision requirements of current values Task 8: Set precision requirements of change values Task 9: Determine sample size Task 10: Save your project If you are designing an inventory plan, complete Tasks 1 through 4 at a minimum. If you are designing a monitoring plan, complete all of the tasks (Tasks 1 through 10). To begin creating a new DTIM project, select the Create New Project or Open Existing Project link. 2 2 Task 1: Define a new project The Create/Open Project window will open. This is where you will name and describe your project, select a base module, identify the Region and/or Forest of interest, and save and retrieve projects. The objectives, questions, and metrics available for selection will depend on the base module chosen. TIP: Work from left to right to complete the DTIM tabbed forms to develop your inventory and monitoring plans.

6. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Saving a DTIM project It is important to periodically save your work as you go through the steps for creating your DTIM project. Here’s how to save your work: 1 1 Saving a DTIM Project As you work through the DTIM tabs, there is a Save button on each of the tabs. Periodically click this button to save your work. Once you click Save, a time stamp will display, indicating the last time the project was saved. Alternatively to save your project, return to the DTIM Start page and select Create New Project or Open Existing Project. When the Create/ Open Project view opens, select your project and then click the Update button.

7. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Getting started with ATIM The Analysis Tool for Inventory and Monitoring (ATIM) provides Forests and Regions of the USDA Forest Service with a nationally consistent tool for analyzing resource inventory and monitoring data. ATIM is used to derive estimates of current conditions for attributes associated with vegetation to meet information needs on Forests and surrounding landscapes. 1 1 Accessing ATIM To open the analysis tool, click ATIM in the ribbon or analysis tasks in the navigation menu. The navigation menu will expand to offer available analysis tasks. 2 2 Opening an Analysis Selecting Open Analysis in the navigation menu will open the Open Analysis page. Select an analysis for the population of interest by clicking on it so that it is highlighted in blue. In this example, we have chosen the Missouri 1999-2003 analysis. Once you have selected an analysis, click the Open Analysis button at the bottom of the page. The Analysis Properties page will open to display basic information about the analysis, including DATIM subsets that make up the analysis and any variables created by SIT intersections.

8. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Running a standard report Standard reports are report templates using common queries. They are available to all users to run against compatible ATIM analyses. 1 1 Running a standard report in ATIM After opening an analysis, the run reports button will appear in the DATIM navigation menu. Click this button to continue. 2 2 The Run Reports Page After clicking this button, the Run Reports page will open. Click the arrow next to the Standard Reports option to expand the list of available standard reports. Select one or more reports of interest and then click the Run button at the bottom of the page to run them.

9. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Creating an analysis report If none of the available standard reports meet your specific reporting needs, you can create your own analysis report, run it against the open analysis, and view the report results. 1 1 Creating a new ATIM analysis report After opening an analysis, the create analysis report button will appear in the DATIM navigation menu. To design a new analysis report and save the report to the analysis, you will need to complete eight main tasks: Task1: Open an analysis and select the create analysis report task. Task 2: If desired, copy an existing analysis report to use as a template for the new report. Task 3: Name and describe the report. Task 4: Select the report content. Task 5: Select the dataset filters. Task 6: Select run options. Task 7: Run the report and view the output. Task 8: Save the analysis report. Select the create analysis report task to continue. 2 2 The Create Analysis Report Page Opens Here you will complete tasks 2 through 8. In the image below, the Report Content tabbed form is active. The following slide will detail the different areas of the form that you can use to accomplish these tasks. The purpose of the Create Analysis Report task is to generate estimates and associated sampling errors, variances, and confidence levels.

10. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide A Closer Look at the Create Analysis Report Page Title and Description Use these fields to enter a unique title and description for your report. Toggle Buttons Use the toggle buttons to scroll through the list of existing reports to find one to use as a template. Create Analysis Report tabs The first tab-based form, Report Content is where you specify the content of your report, including the attribute you want to calculate estimates for (the “estimate attribute”) and how you want your report broken down. The second tab- based form, Dataset Filters is where you have the option to specify how you want to subset the data contained in the analysis. Filters are useful because the analysis on which your report will be based may contain much more data than you are actually interested in for reporting purposes. The third tab-based form, Run Options is where you can preview the default sampling method and the method by which the estimates are based. These defaults are based on the DATIM datasets included in the open analysis. You can also use this form to select the sampling error percent, confidence interval, and confidence level. Further, you can select types of rows that you want hidden in the report, such as sub-totals and empty rows. Lastly, you can enter a custom title and notes using this form. Current Report Design This area displays selections you have made while creating your analysis report. Report Command Buttons The Create New button enables you to create your report from scratch. The Create Copy button is used to create a copy of an existing report. The Rename button is used to rename an existing report. The Delete button allows you to delete the selected report. The Rename and Delete buttons can only be used if you have the appropriate permissions. Save to Analysis Click the Save to analysis button to save your report to the ATIM analysis on which it is based. Run Report Once all of your selections have been made, select Run Report to generate your analysis report. The Report Results page will open.

11. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Getting Started with SIT in CITRIX The Spatial Intersection Tool (SIT) was developed to provide a geospatial interface for users to access natural resource inventory datasets and intersect plot-based data with geospatial layers via ArcMap in ArcGIS Desktop. 1 1 Accessing SIT To begin working with SIT, click SIT in the ribbon or spatial intersection tool in the navigation menu. 2 2 Spatial Intersection Tool Addin Instruction Page Select the Click here to navigate to the SIT Addin download page link. An instructions page will pop up displaying instructions on how to use SIT in Citrix as well as on saving the addin to your desktop home directory. 3 3 To use SIT in Citrix: Begin by launching ArcMap in Citrix from a NRM blade. From the ArcMap standard toolbar, select Customize and then Add-In Manager. From the Add-In Manager dialog, click the Options tab. From the same dialog, click on the Add Folder button. Browse to the folder: T:\FS\Reference\GeoTool\agency\Application\A rcGIS1022\Add-Ins\SIT. Click OK when finished. 4 4 Adding the SIT Add-in to the ArcMap toolbar: Begin by clicking the Customize option from the ArcMap standard toolbar. When the Customize dialog opens, click on the Commands tab. From the Categories list, select DATIM. Next, drag the SIT tool from the Commands list onto an existing toolbar. When finished, click the Close button.

12. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Getting Started with SIT from Your Desktop 1 1 Accessing SIT To begin working with SIT, click SIT in the ribbon or spatial intersection tool in the navigation menu. 2 2 Spatial Intersection Tool Addin Instruction Page Select the Click here to navigate to the SIT Addin download page link. An instructions page will pop up displaying instructions on how to use SIT in Citrix as well as on saving the addin to your desktop home directory. 3 3 Installing the SIT ArcMap Add-in to your Desktop Begin by selecting the Click here to download the SIT Addin File (3.75MB) link located at the bottom of the Spatial Intersection Tool Addin Instruction page. A file download dialog pops up, prompting you to open or save the download file. Click on the Save button. The file will be saved to your Downloads folder on your local system. Next, select the Open folder button from the download dialog. This will open the downloads folder where the SIT addin file is located. To use the SIT tool and ArcMap on your Desktop, cut and paste the addin file in your downloads to the following location: C:\Users\ \My Documents\ArcGIS\Addins\DesktopXX.XX Note: XX.XX is the version of ArcGIS on your machine. 4 4 Adding the SIT Add-in to the ArcMap toolbar: Begin by clicking the Customize option from the ArcMap standard toolbar. When the Customize dialog opens, click on the Commands tab. From the Categories list, select DATIM. Next, drag the SIT tool from the Commands list onto an existing toolbar. When finished, click the Close button..

13. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Creating a SIT Point Layer To create a SIT Point Layer using ArcMap: 1 1 Creating a SIT Intersection using ArcMap Begin by selecting the SIT tool in ArcMap. The DATIM Login window will pop up. Select the server to connect to and provide your DATIM login information. The SIT application will open. From the Select Task tab, click the Setup Intersection button. 2 2 SIT Create Point Layer Tab Opens Here you can choose a data set from the Select Data Set display. Also, from the Select Feature Dataset to match projection dialog choose a feature dataset to match the layer’s projection. After you select the dataset and feature dataset, click the Create Point Layer (Fuzzed Coordinates) button. When you click on the Create Point Layer (Fuzzed Coordinates) button, SIT creates the Point Layer shape file using the fuzzed coordinates in the national database. Fuzzed coordinates are used to maintain the security of the actual plot locations.

14. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Creating a SIT Intersection To create a SIT intersection using ArcMap: 1 1 Creating a SIT Intersection using ArcMap Begin by selecting the SIT tool in ArcMap. The DATIM Login window will pop up. Select the server to connect to and provide your DATIM login information. The SIT application will open. From the Select Task tab, click the Setup Intersection button. 2 2 SIT Intersection Tab Opens Here you can enter a name and description for the intersection you would like to create. Use the subsequent tabs in SIT to complete the specs required for your intersection. When finished, click Run Intersect to generate your intersection. The following are SIT tabs you can use to create an intersection: Geographic Area (not currently available) – used to select a region or forest for your geographic extent. Data Sets – used to select datasets and filter CNs, and to generate POP tables. Feature Datasets – used to select the polygon layer to intersect. Attributes – used to select the polygon attribute to transfer the plot data to.

15. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Introduction to DCS The DATIM Compilation System (DCS) was developed to augment and enhance existing DATIM datasets with the additional metrics necessary to conduct analyses and generate reports. DCS is only available to Administrative Users. For detailed instructions to use DCS, please visit the RIG-DATIM website.RIG-DATIM 1 1 Login Administrative users should begin by logging into DATIM. Once logged in, the DATIM Compilation System (DCS) will become available to use. 2 2 Accessing DCS To open the compilation tool click DCS in the ribbon or compilation modules in the navigation menu. The Compilation Modules page will open. The navigation menu will also expand to include additional DCS tasks. 3 3 Running a Basic Compilation The Basic Compilation module utilizes FVS either with or without the use of an uploaded KCP (keyword component) file. This module loads and compiles basic data into DATIM datasets. You can create a DATIM analysis with one or more datasets to do analysis work. To begin, select Basic Compilation in the DATIM navigation menu; alternatively, users can select the Run the basic compilation module link on the DATIM Compilation Modules page. The Basic Compilation page will open with the Run Compilation tab active. Navigate to the next slide to learn more about the Run Compilation tab.

16. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Overview of the DCS ‘Run Compilation’ Tab Using DCS, administrative users are able to convert selected DATIM datasets to a format that can be read by the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS), and then run FVS to obtain computed variables. The augmented dataset is then loaded back into the DATIM data mart for use by ATIM, DTIM, and SIT users. Discussed here is the ‘Run Compilation’ tab. Run Compilation This form is used to select the Forest Service Region with the forest inventory data you are interested in and to choose to either run all forest or non-forest data only. You will then select an ETL project from the DATIM data mart for the specified Region. DCS will then transform the data for the selected ETL Project to make it FVS- ready. You have the option of using the default settings to run FVS or set custom settings for FVS in the Initial Conditions section of this form. Here you will be required to select the time span – the start year and end year – and cycle parameters for the FVS projection. You can also upload script and KCP files to be used when running FVS. Once all information is entered, you can run FVS and display your results in the View Results form.

17. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide A Closer Look at the DCS Run Compilation Page As users work through the steps in DCS, the button for the next step will appear in a black font; a button that is disabled will appear ‘grayed out’. Region Dropdown Use the Region dropdown list to select the FS Region with the forest inventory data you are interested in. Type of Data to Run in FVS The user has the option of running only National Forest data in FVS or to compile all forest and non-forest data plots in the ETL Project of interest, regardless of ownership. Loading ETL Projects Retrieve ETL Projects for the Region of interest by clicking the Load ETL button. ETL Projects List Box A list of ETL projects available for selection will be displayed in this area after you have clicked the Load ETL button. FVS Variants List Box Once an ETL Project is selected, this box will become populated with FVS variants associated with the ETL project you selected. Initial Conditions Use this area to set up the parameters for running a projection. Default vs Custom FVS Settings If you are interested in running FVS using the default KCP files that exist in DCS, you would select the Use Default Settings for FVS. Alternatively, selecting Use Custom Settings for FVS allows you to upload KCP files and scripts you would like FVS to run. Run FVS Click the Run FVS button when you have finished making the selections for your basic compilation project. Display Results Once FVS has finished running, you can display your results on the DCS View Results tab by clicking the Display Results button. Project Description and Project Name Insert a description for your project in the Project Description area. The Project Name field will automatically populate with the selected ETL Project name. Clear Form To begin anew with your DCS compilation, use the Clear Form button to erase all selections made and any text entered.

18. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Overview of the DCS ‘View Results’ Tab This slide discusses the ‘View Results’ tab within the DCS Basic Compilation module. View Results This form displays the FVS results obtained after selecting the ETL Project of interest and the variants you would like to run the compiler on, and any default or customized settings. To view the results, click the View FVS Results tab. This form also allows you to view errors logged while running FVS. Click the View FVS Errors tab to view those errors. You also have the opportunity to e-mail a WinZip file of the report results to yourself and other recipients. Once you are satisfied with the results, you can commit them to the DATIM datamart for use by the other DATIM tools.

19. DATIM 3.0 Quick Start Guide Overview of the DCS ‘MetaData’ Tab This slide discusses the ‘MetaData’ tab within the DCS Basic Compilation module. MetaData This form enables you to view project and attribute metadata related to the ETL Project. The Load Attributes button is used to populate the attribute list and Project MetaData table. If attribute metadata or project metadata are changed, click the Update MetaData button to save your changes. Click the Generate Report checkbox to create a printable report based on the updated values. Lastly, click the Print Metadata button to print your generated metadata report.