Library 5 : Technical General

FOCUS Series

Total Time: 75 hours

FOCUS: Getting Started		4 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		4 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		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		4 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		4 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		4 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		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		4 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		4 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		4 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		4 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		4 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		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		4 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		4 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		4 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		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		4 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		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		4 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		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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