Synopsis
FOCUS: Segment Modification provides further instruction in maintaining and understanding files and databases in FOCUS.

Audience
his course is for anyone who is interested in learning more about files and databases in FOCUS.

Time
2 hours

Product Code: FOCS15
After completing FOCUS: Segment Modification, the user should be able to:

Test values
Test incoming transaction values
Test for existing incoming values
Compare incoming transaction values
Understand computations and the COMPUTE statement
Change incoming transaction values
Compute new values
Define incoming data fields
Understand course conventions in FOCUS
Recognize and understand three course databases

The MATCH Statement
Searching the database
Course databases

Root Segments
Adding segment instances

Updating Segment Instances
Changing segment instances

Deleting Segment Instances
MATCH statement syntax for deleting

Modifying Unique Segments
Unique segments

Modifying Descendent Segments
Multilevel descendent segments

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: Creating File Definitions (FOCS11)
FOCUS: Adjusting File Definitions (FOCS12)
FOCUS: Accessing External Files (FOCS13)
FOCUS: Basic MODIFY Requests (FOCS14)

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)