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FOCUS Series
Total Time: 53 hours
FOCUS: Getting Started Time: 3 hours FOCS01
FOCUS: Getting Started provides an introduction to the FOCUS environment and its features and terminology.
  • General Concepts
  • File Structures
  • Master File Descriptions
  • Facilities for End Users
  • More Facilities for End Users
  • Application Developer Facilities

FOCUS: Working with FOCUS Time: 2 hours FOCS02
FOCUS: Working with FOCUS shows users how to work in FOCUS using TED.
  • General TED Concepts
  • TED Commands
  • Terminal Operator Environment
  • Types of Windows
  • WINDOW Commands

FOCUS: Basic Report Preparation Time: 3 hours FOCS03
FOCUS: Basic Report Preparation shows users how to create simple reports using FOCUS.
  • Course Conventions and Databases
  • Starting a Simple Report
  • Printing Values
  • Creating Report Requests
  • Record Selection

FOCUS: Creating Simple Reports Time: 3 hours FOCS04
FOCUS: Creating Simple Reports shows users how to use FOCUS to create simple reports.
  • Course Conventions and Databases
  • Line and Page Formatting
  • Headings and Footings
  • Techniques for Formatting Reports
  • FOCUS Hot Screen
  • Using the Hot Screen

FOCUS: Creating Complex Reports Time: 3 hours FOCS05
FOCUS: Creating Complex Reports shows users how to use various techniques to create sophisticated reports with FOCUS.
  • Course Conventions and Databases
  • Advanced Sorting Techniques
  • Creating Matrix Reports
  • Additional Formatting Options
  • Ranking Data
  • Subtotaling Operations
  • The WHEN Clause

FOCUS: Additional Reporting Techniques Time: 3 hours FOCS06
FOCUS: Additional Reporting Techniques explains what you need to know in order to perform additional reporting techniques.
  • Course Conventions and Databases
  • The JOIN Command
  • The MATCH Command
  • HOLD and PCHOLD Files
  • SAVE and SAVB Files
  • Retrieving Data

FOCUS: Fundamentals of Graphs Time: 2 hours FOCS07
FOCUS: Fundamentals of Graphs provides an introduction to graphing concepts and techniques used in FOCUS.
  • Conventions and Graph Types
  • Graph Requirements
  • Setting Graph Parameters
  • Bar Charts
  • Bar Chart Parameters
  • Histograms

FOCUS: Advanced Graph Topics Time: 2 hours FOCS08
FOCUS: Advanced Graph Topics explains how to create and format graphs for presentation on various types of platforms.
  • Conventions and Graph Types
  • Connected Point Plots
  • Scatter Diagrams
  • Adjusting Graphs
  • Display Options

FOCUS: Data Manipulation for Reporting Time: 3 hours FOCS09
FOCUS: Data Manipulation for Reporting explains how to create and format graphs for presentation on various types of platforms.
  • Course Conventions and Databases
  • Expressions
  • Prefix Operators
  • The COMPUTE Command
  • The DEFINE Command
  • Comparing COMPARE and DEFINE

FOCUS: Advanced Screening Techniques Time: 3 hours FOCS10
FOCUS: Advanced Screening Techniques explains how to create and format graphs for presentation on various types of platforms.
  • Course Conventions and Databases
  • DECODE and EDIT
  • INCLUDES and EXCLUDES
  • Screening on Masked Fields
  • Screening Accumulated Data
  • Additional Screening Procedures

FOCUS: Creating File Definitions Time: 2 hours FOCS11
FOCUS: Creating File Definitions explains how to create and format graphs for presentation on various types of platforms.
  • Course Conventions and Databases
  • Describing the File
  • Describing Segments
  • Field Declaration

FOCUS: Adjusting File Definitions Time: 3 hours FOCS12
FOCUS: Adjusting File Definitions shows users how to adjust file definitions in FOCUS.
  • Course Conventions and Databases
  • Field Attributes
  • Editing Options
  • Additional Ways to Describe Fields
  • Creating an MFD

FOCUS: Accessing External Files Time: 2 hours FOCS13
FOCUS: Accessing External Files shows users how to describe external files to FOCUS.
  • Defining External Files
  • Fixed Format Files
  • Variable Segment Files
  • Other DBMS Files
  • Optional Interfaces

FOCUS: Basic MODIFY Requests Time: 2 hours FOCS14
FOCUS: Basic MODIFY Requests provides an overview of the basic MODIFY requests in FOCUS.
  • What is MODIFY?
  • Entering a Basic MODIFY Request
  • Reading and Describing Data
  • FREEFORM
  • PROMPT and CRTFORM

FOCUS: Segment Modification Time: 2 hours FOCS15
FOCUS: Segment Modification provides further instruction in maintaining and understanding files and databases in FOCUS.
  • The MATCH Statement
  • Root Segments
  • Updating Segment Instances
  • Deleting Segment Instances
  • Modifying Unique Segments
  • Modifying Descendent Segments

FOCUS: Complex MODIFY Requests Time: 2 hours FOCS16
FOCUS: Complex MODIFY Requests provides an overview of the use of FOCUS and how to use it to perform complex MODIFY Requests.
  • Course Conventions
  • Course Databases
  • The COMPUTE Statement
  • The VALIDATE Statement

FOCUS: Additional File Maintenance Time: 3 hours FOCS17
FOCUS: Additional File Maintenance provides further instruction in maintaining and understanding files and databases in FOCUS.
  • Course Databases
  • Messages
  • The LOG Statement
  • Case Logic
  • Branching
  • Designing a Sample Application

FOCUS: Dialogue Manager and FIDEL Time: 3 hours FOCS18
FOCUS: Dialogue Manager and FIDEL provides an advanced look at the Dialogue Manager and FIDEL features found in FOCUS.
  • Course Conventions and Databases
  • Dialogue Manager
  • Control Statements
  • FIDEL
  • PF Keys
  • Cursor Control

FOCUS: More Features of FIDEL Time: 3 hours FOCS19
FOCUS: More Features of FIDEL provides an overview of the additional features of FIDEL and how FIDEL is used with MODIFY and Dialogue Manager.
  • Course Conventions and Databases
  • FIDEL in MODIFY
  • Additional FIDEL Features
  • FIDEL and CRTFORMs
  • FIDEL in Dialogue Manager

FOCUS: MAINTAIN Facility Time: 2 hours FOCS20
FOCUS: MAINTAIN Facility explains how to use the FOCUS MAINTAIN facility to maintain FOCUS files.
  • Course Overview
  • Basic MAINTAIN Procedures
  • Developing Screens
  • The Winform Properties Dialog Box
  • The Create Field Dialog Box
  • Creating Buttons

FOCUS: Completing a MAINTAIN Application Time: 2 hours FOCS21
FOCUS: Completing a MAINTAIN Application teaches users how to build cases, create a grid, and use other commands to complete an application in MAINTAIN.
  • Course Overview
  • Developing Cases
  • Case Codes
  • Using a Grid
  • Additional Commands

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