FRS Plus FOCUS Files
The Financial Record System (FRS) enables a user to obtain various information
and transaction activity on their particular University accounts through
the use of its online screens. Depending on the screen selected a user
can review such items as the year-to-date account activity, open commitments
and account attributes. This same type of information can be derived from
the FRS focus data files, which is a second data source available to users.
The FRS focus data files are updated each night by the Computer Center
to reflect the prior day’s activities that took place on the Financial
Record System. A user may use these focus data files provided their CMS
account has been given access to them by the Computer Center. To request
or verify that a CMS account has access to the FRS focus data files a
user may contact the Financial Systems area at extension 3778 or 5887.
Once a CMS account is linked the following steps need to be performed
to get into the focus files.
Log onto to the Mainframe using the assigned CMS account then
From READY; ;Type INFOCUS
If this produces an "Unknown" message, please call the
Financial Systems area at x3778 or x5887 and your CMS profile will be
set up to allow the use of the INFOCUS command.
If the INFOCUS command works correctly then the following should appear
on your screen:
FOCUS 7.0.8R 03/01/1999 10.03.55 7939.01
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UCC HELP DESK
FOR ASSISTANCE CALL: (860) 486-HELP
TO OBTAIN A LIST OF FOCUS FILES
YOU HAVE ACCESS TO, TYPE AND ENTER:
EX AUTHFOC
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ENTER FOCUS COMMANDS:
Please take note of the message above. This gives you instructions as
to how to find out exactly what FRS focus data files are available to
your CMS account. By typing the EX AUTHFOC at the caret
symbol (>) a list of focus data files will be produced.
The appearance of the caret (>) and the message "VM READ"
in the lower right hand corner of the screen indicates that focus commands
can now be issued at the bottom of the screen). If you feel you do not
have a comfortable understanding of basic FOCUS programming, please contact
the Financial Systems area for instruction.
Next, in order to link to the focus data files, type EX F9530S99.
A series of carets will appear as focus links the CMS account to
all the focus data files for which the account is granted access. Each
time the word "HOLDING" appears in the lower right hand corner
of the screen, the user should hit the PAUSE key on the keyboard. After
the screen scrolls, the final message will be as follows:
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**** NOTE ****
YOUR ACCOUNT IS NOW LINKED TO ACCESS FRSPLUS FOCUS FILES
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WHEN ISSUING ADDITIONAL FOCUS FILES, DO NOT USE THE FOLLOWING
FILEMODES - M, N, O, P, Q, R, T, U, V, W, X. THESE ARE
RESERVED FOR THE FRS PLUS FOCUS FILES. IF YOU USE THESE MODES
FOR OTHER FILES, YOU MUST RERUN F9530S99 TO REESTABLISH
LINKS TO THE FRS FOCUS FILES (OR RERUN F9530S01 TO REENTER
THE MENU).
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At this point the user is ready to write, edit and/or execute a focus
program (focexec). Contact Financial Systems if you are not experienced
in focus report writing.
Click
Here for a listing of the current focus files. Please
contact Financial Systems Administration at extension 5887 or 3778 to
order the master file descriptions for the files you will be writing focexecs
against.
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