## Reports

A few reports are present in the system, although future versions of the York System will have several more. The aim of these is to produce printer-ready summaries of the data present, in a sorted and condensed form. The reports are accessed through the main switchboard of the application.

Users have several options to 'filter', or restrict the reports to certain types of data. Each list box displays all possible entries in each category. The butchery report interface, shown below as an example, can be opened with a variety of filters applied. See also the MNE reports help page.

First of all, the Open Butchery Report button can be pushed without making any changes to the list boxes. This opens the butchery report and displays all butchery data present in the system.

Secondly, the species can be restricted, by selecting any desired combination from the 'Species', 'Class', 'Catchall 2' and 'Catchall 3' categories. In the illustration below, the 'main domesticates' have been selected from the 'Catchall 2' list. The report will therefore only display butcheries for cattle, pigs and caprines.

Thirdly, it is possible to choose which butchery marks will be displayed. In this case, 'chop', 'chop?' and 'chops' have been selected, so are the only ones that will be listed in the report.

Fourthly, the elements can be selected, either by element name, or by quantification code. In this case, only 'metacarpals' and 'metatarsals' will be displayed.

Fifthly, specific context numbers can be selected from the 'Context' list. In this case, the All radio button has been left selected, in its default position.

Finally, users can also select the butchery area, which is largely dependent on the way in which this field has been used (see the butchery recording page for more information). This has also been left in its default position.

Upon selection of the Open Butchery Report button, the following report is produced. Note the text at the bottom, which states what filter was applied to the report.

Some of the other reports, including 'Pathologies and Non-Metrics', and 'Tooth Wear', operate in much the same way. However, three separate reports can be generated from the 'NISP' page of this form. The first of these reports, 'NISP by Site', generates a list for either a selected site, or for all sites, of the species recorded, divided by the number of fragments for each species. The percentage of each species, relative to the complete number of specimens, is also listed. The second of these reports, 'NISP by Context', is similar to that above, but can be divided by species and context if the user prefers. Finally, the third report, 'NISP by Context Type' is divided by context type (fill, ditch, etc.) instead of context number.