FSVeg, FSVeg Spatial & FSVeg Spatial Data Analyzer
Quick Start Guide
Step 1) Obtain an eAuthentication Account .......................................................................... 2 Step 2) Request, Edit, or View Administrative Units & Roles .............................................. 2 Step 3) Accessing the Applications ....................................................................................... 5 FSVeg ................................................................................................................................ 5 FSVeg Spatial .................................................................................................................... 8 FSVeg Spatial Data Analyzer ............................................................................................ 8 Step 1) Obtain an eAuthentication Account
If you are a current Forest Service Employee or Contractor that already has an eAuthentication
account, skip to Step 2. If not, continue:
The following link has more information on how to obtain an eAuthentication account:
http://basenet.fs.fed.us/support/help/basics/
On the left side of the page, click on the
located next to “Your NRM & eAuth Accounts” to
expand the folder. Click on “Request an eAuth Account” and follow the instructions.
Attention new FS users; it can take up to 4 weeks to get your eAuth account.
Step 2) Request, Edit, or View Administrative Units & Roles
The following link explains how to request access to Administrative Units and for the Oracle Roles
you will need at NRM: http://basenet.fs.fed.us/support/mergedProjects/uma/
On the User Management Application Help page, click on Change My Existing Account (existing
users).
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For more
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The following roles are available for the specified application:
FSVeg
Role Name
Description
Data Collector
Provides:
View the data, insert new data into the database, and edit existing data. Down
woody, ground surface cover, vegetation composition, and sample design
records may be deleted, one record at a time.
Assigned to:
Field Data Collection Crews
Data entry using the FSVeg forms.
Wizard
Provides:
View, edit, insert, or delete data. Complete plots and/or settings may be
deleted at one time.
Assigned to:
Primary Resource Steward - This role is normally granted to one or two persons
on each Forest.
Summary
Provides:
View, edit, insert, or delete data. Complete plots and/or settings may be
deleted at one time.
In addition, users with this role may run the summary programs to populate the
summary tables (NRV_CHARACTERIZATIONS and NRV_GROUP_BY tables).
FSVeg Spatial
Role Name
Description
Spatial Editor
Provides:
Check-out and editing of spatial data.
Spatial Steward
Provides:
Check-out and editing of spatial data as well as the authority to check the data
into NITC.
FSVeg Spatial Data
Analyzer Role Name
Description
Analyzer NN Editor
Provides:
Allows for publishing NN scenarios. The user would be restricted to publishing
data in their administration region (e.g. 06) or forest (e.g. 0604).
Analyzer Config
Editor
Provides:
Allows for publishing of all other types of configuration data (e.g. FRCC,
Activities, etc.). The user would be restricted to publishing data in their
administration region (e.g. 06) or forest (e.g.0604).
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Step
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The FSVeg
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Click on the followiing link to acc
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web.nrm.fs.feed.us/
Login to NRM by clicking
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on the
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RM button loccated on the le
eft-hand side of the page.
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under the heading “NRM Full A
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“Defa
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At the
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Enter your “eAuth” user ID and password, and then click the “Login” button.
The I-Web Main Menu Portlet page is now displayed. Click on “+” sign next to “NRIS” on the lefthand menu, then click on “FSVeg”. On the right-hand side of the screen, click on “FSVeg”.
If the FSVeg forms fail to open:
If the FSVeg forms fail to open you will need to prepare your computer to access NRM:
Click on the following link and click on the “Prepare Your Computer” link on the left hand side.
http://basenet.fs.fed.us/support/mergedProjects/basics/index.htm
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If the FSVeg forms open:
You are now in the FSVeg Main Menu. This shows which Administration Forest is the default value
for the user. If there is no entry, simply press the LOV Admin Unit Item and select an Admin Unit
from the list of available entries, select “OK”, then select the “Set as Default” button.
In the example below the user is logged into FSVeg with the ability to edit and/or update only Admin
Unit 0604 or the Malheur National Forest data.
If a user has been grated access to edit/update data on multiple Forests, and wishes to change
their current specified session administrative unit, they simply press the LOV button next to the
Session Admin Unit and select a different Admin Unit, click “OK”, then select either the “For
Session Only” or “Set as Default” button. In the example below the user had been granted UMA
roles to MANY forests in Region 1
Documentation for:
Link
FSVeg
http://fsweb.nris.fs.fed.us/products/FSVeg/documentation.shtml
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FSVeg Spatial
FSVeg Spatial is an ArcMap extension. For detailed instructions on installing the ArcMap extension
and initializing the toolbars see Chapter 1 Introduction in the FSVeg Spatial Editor’s Guide.
Documentation for:
Link
FSVeg Spatial
http://fsweb.nris.fs.fed.us/products/FSVeg_Spatial/documentation.shtml
FSVeg Spatial Data Analyzer
FSVeg Spatial Data Analyzer is an ArcMap extension. For detailed instructions on installing the
ArcMap extension and initializing the toolbars see Chapter 1 Introduction in the FSVeg Spatial Data
Analyzer Analysis Guide.
Documentation for:
Link
FSVeg Spatial Data
Analyzer
http://fsweb.nris.fs.fed.us/products/FSVeg_Spatial_Data_Analyzer/documentation
.shtml
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