After completing FOCUS: Basic Report Preparation, the user should be able to:

	Describe the various course conventions
	Identify the screens used by the various course databases
	Use the TABLE command to initiate report requests
	Use the PRINT and LIST verbs to print the field values in report requests
	Use the SUM, ADD, WRITE, and COUNT Verbs in report requests
	Describe the basic sorting process of data
	Explain the various printing techniques used for creating reports
	Use the IF statement and WHERE clause to screen records
	Explain the various uses of the WHERE clause

Course Conventions and Databases

	Course conventions
	Course databases

Starting a Simple Report

	The TABLE request
	PRINT and LIST

Printing Values

	SUM, ADD, WRITE, and COUNT
	Basic sorting

Creating Report Requests

Additional printing techniques

Record Selection

	WHERE and IF conditions
	Uses of the WHERE clause

This course has the following features:

	A glossary
	A Skill Assessment

	FOCUS: Getting Started (FOCS01)
	FOCUS: Working with FOCUS (FOCS02)

	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: Data Manipulation for Reporting (FOCS09)
	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)