Synopsis
FOCUS: Basic MODIFY Requests provides an overview of the basic MODIFY requests in FOCUS.

Audience
This course is aimed at anyone who wants to learn more about FOCUS.

Time
4 hours

Product Code: FOCS14
After completing FOCUS: Basic MODIFY Requests, the user should be able to:

Add, update and delete information in a database using the MODIFY process
Entter a MODIFY request and explain the results
Create a FIXFORM statement to read transaction data stored on a file
Create the PROMPT statement to read transaction data

What is MODIFY?
The MODIFY process

Entering a Basic MODIFY Request
The MODIFY request
Course databases

Reading and Describing Data
Types of transaction data
The FIXFORM statement

FREEFORM
The FREEFORM statement

PROMPT and CRTFORM
The PROMPT statement
The CRTFORM statement

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: 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)