Advanced Reporting

Course 210 - 2 Days - CEU 1.2

How can you create a report that requires extensive calculations independent of the data source? Is there a way to specify filters that can be utilized by multiple procedures? With this course, you’ll learn how to write reports that you never thought possible. You’ll also learn about methodologies to ensure the accuracy of your reports.

You Will Learn How To:

Call procedures residing in other applications
Utilize the robust Maintain development language
Employ subroutines and functions that simplify complex reporting needs
Selectively turn on filters that can be applied to multiple reports
Create and use a dummy file to maximize reporting efficiency
Use testing methodologies to reduce development time
Eliminate blank fields from row-oriented reports
Perform calculations with missing values
Display reports in a standardized output format
Combine multiple reports into one output format
Calculate the median and standard deviation values

Who Should Take This Course:

Developers of FOCUS and WebFOCUS who need to solve complicated reporting problems.

Prerequisite:

Course 126, Intermediate Reporting