After completing FOCUS: Creating File Definitions, the user should be able to:

	Discuss file declarations
	Define Master File Descriptions and their purposes
	Explain the three types of declarations that make up an MFD
	List rules for coding MFDs
	Discuss rules for coding FOCUS commands
	Define segment declaration
	Explain the SEGNAME attribute
	Discuss the PARENT attribute
	Identify the SEGTYPE attribute
	Discuss the FORMAT attribute
	Explain how to specify field length

Course Conventions and Databases

	Course databases
	File declaration

Describing the File

The master file description

Describing Segments

	Segment declaration
	SEGTYPE attribute

Field Declaration

	Field declaration
	FORMAT attribute

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: Data Manipulation for Reporting (FOCS09)
	FOCUS: Advanced Screening Techniques (FOCS10)

	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)