After completing FOCUS: Data Manipulation for Reporting, the user should be able to:

	Use expressions
	Use prefix operators
	Create new fields
	Use the DEFINE command
	Specify the parameters of scatter diagrams
	Explain the differences between COMPUTE and DEFINE

Course Conventions and Databases

	Course conventions
	Course databases

Expressions

Expressions

Prefix Operators

Prefix operators

The COMPUTE Command

Creating new fields

The DEFINE Command

Defining fields

Comparing COMPARE and DEFINE

COMPUTE vs. DEFINE

This course has the following features:

	A glossary
	A Skill Assessment

	FOCUS: Getting Started (FOCS01)
	FOCUS: Working with FOCUS (FOCS02)
	FOCUS: Basic Report Preparation (FOCS03)
	FOCUS: Creating Simple Reports (FOCS04)
	FOCUS: Creating Complex Reports (FOCS05)
	FOCUS: Additional Reporting Techniques (FOCS06)
	FOCUS: Fundamentals of Graphs (FOCS07)
	FOCUS: Advanced Graph Topics (FOCS08)

	FOCUS: Advanced Screening Techniques (FOCS10)
	FOCUS: Creating File Definitions (FOCS11)
	FOCUS: Adjusting File Definitions (FOCS12)
	FOCUS: Accessing External Files (FOCS13)
	FOCUS: Basic MODIFY Requests (FOCS14)
	FOCUS: Segment Modification (FOCS15)
	FOCUS: Complex MODIFY Requests (FOCS16)
	FOCUS: Additional File Maintenance (FOCS17)
	FOCUS: Dialogue Manager and FIDEL (FOCS18)
	FOCUS: More Features of FIDEL (FOCS19)
	FOCUS: MAINTAIN Facility (FOCS20)
	FOCUS: Completing a MAINTAIN Application (FOCS21)