COURSE TITLE: FOCUS I

COURSE NUMBER: 2002

COURSE DURATION: 3 1/2 Days

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Lecture and hands-on workshops utilize FOCUS, a fourth generation ad-hoc report writing language, to teach students how to generate customized reports from the payroll/personnel NFC databases. Held on a quarterly basis or by special request, the basic course is conducted for the payroll/personnel systems.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Users with a need to begin writing ad-hoc reports against any of the payroll/personnel system databases.

TRAINING LOCATION: NFC, the Customer Support Office in Washington, D.C., or a user site

MINIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 12

REGISTRATION: Please contact our Customer Support Office at Customer.Support@nfc.usda.gov to register for this course.

REQUIRED SECURITY ACCESS: Access to TSO and the FOCUS applications. Write access to the appropriate agency FOCUS library.

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT: NFC Mainframe Connection

COURSE TITLE: FOCUS II

COURSE NUMBER: 2029

COURSE DURATION: 3 Days

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Lecture and hands-on workshops provide students with the skills and techniques necessary to generate complex, sophisticated reports.

Course includes:

• Table Files Overview and Discussion
• Advanced Reporting Technique
• HOLD Files
• MATCH Files
• Downloading
• Organizational Structure Code Conversion
• Multiple Focexecs
• Ampersand Variables
• Current Date Formats
• Combining Multiple Files

TARGET AUDIENCE: Users with 4 to 6 months experience using techniques taught in Basic FOCUS (Course #2002).

TRAINING LOCATION: NFC, the Customer Support Office in Washington, DC, or a user site

MINIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 12

REGISTRATION: Please contact our Customer Support Office at Customer.Support@nfc.usda.gov to register for this course.

REQUIRED SECURITY ACCESS: Access to TSO and the FOCUS applications. Write access to the appropriate FOCUS library.

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT: NFC Mainframe Connection