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This documentation describes how to use FOCUS Version 7.7 in the z/OS environment. It is intended for all FOCUS users. This manual is part of the FOCUS documentation set.

References to z/OS apply to all supported versions of the OS/390, z/OS, and MVS operating environments.

The documentation set consists of the following components:

How This Manual Is Organized

This manual includes the following chapters:

Chapter/Appendix

Contents

1

Creating Tabular Reports

Provides an introduction to the TABLE command, a powerful tool for analyzing data.

2

Displaying Report Data

Describes ways to retrieve field values from a data source and display them.

3

Viewing and Printing Report Output

Describes the HotScreen facility for viewing report output.

4

Sorting Tabular Reports

Describes how to display report information grouped in a particular order by sorting.

5

Selecting Records for Your Report

Describes how to use and specify selection criteria to display only the field values that meet your needs.

6

Creating Temporary Fields

Describes how to use the DEFINE and COMPUTE commands to create temporary fields.

7

Including Totals and Subtotals

Describes how to use subtotals and grand totals to summarize numeric information and aid in interpreting detailed information in a report.

8

Using Expressions

Describes how to combine operators, field names, and constants in an expression to derive new values.

9

Customizing Tabular Reports

Describes how to override the default report formats to meet your individual presentation needs.

10

Saving and Reusing Your Report Output

Describes how to save report data to files for reuse in different respects.

11

Styling Reports

Describes how to visually style your reports with StyleSheets, used to control report output to be printed on a PostScript printer.

12

Cascading Style Sheets

Describes how cascading style sheets (CSS) provide a standardized method for styling HTML documents. To use an existing cascading style sheet, you can link it to your report and, optionally, apply additional CSS classes to specific report components.

13

Choosing a Styled Display Format

Describes the display formats available for viewing reports on the screen, including PDF, EXL2K, and XLSX.

14

Advanced StyleSheet Features

Describes advanced StyleSheet features such as positioning and aligning elements.

15

Handling Records With Missing Field Values

Describes how missing data affects report results and how to treat and represent it.

16

Joining Data Sources

Describes how to join two or more related data sources to create a larger integrated data structure from which you can report.

17

Merging Data Sources

Describes how to merge and concatenate two or more data sources into a new permanent data source.

18

Improving Report Processing

Describes methods of increasing data retrieval and reporting efficiency.

19

Creating Financial Reports With Financial Modeling Language (FML)

Describes the Financial Modeling Language (FML) used to create and present financially oriented data, using inter-row calculations.

20

Creating a Free-Form Report

Describes how to present data in an unrestricted (non-tabular) format.

21

Creating Graphs: GRAPH

Describes the FOCUS GRAPH facility, which you can use to display data in graph format instead of tabular format.

22

Using SQL to Create Reports

Describes how to use SQL to retrieve and analyze FOCUS and DBMS data.

A

Master Files and Diagrams

Contains Master Files and diagrams of sample data sources used in the documentation examples.

B

Error Messages

Describes how to obtain information about error messages.

C

Table Syntax Summary and Limits

Summarizes TABLE commands and options.

D

Writing User-Coded Programs to Create HOLD Files

Describes how to write programs that get records retrieved by FOCUS so you can write them to files in a custom format.

Documentation Conventions

The following table lists and describes the conventions that apply in this manual.

Convention

Description

THIS TYPEFACE

or

this typeface

Denotes syntax that you must enter exactly as shown.

this typeface

Represents a placeholder (or variable) in syntax for a value that you or the system must supply.

underscore

Indicates a default setting.

this typeface

Represents a placeholder (or variable), a cross-reference, or an important term. It may also indicate a button, menu item, or dialog box option you can click or select.

Key + Key

Indicates keys that you must press simultaneously.

{  }

Indicates two or three choices; type one of them, not the braces.

[  ]

Indicates a group of optional parameters. None are required, but you may select one of them. Type only the parameter in the brackets, not the brackets.

|

Separates mutually exclusive choices in syntax. Type one of them, not the symbol.

...

Indicates that you can enter a parameter multiple times. Type only the parameter, not the ellipsis points (...).

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.

Indicates that there are (or could be) intervening or additional commands.

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