Introduction to ACL - Case Study
Instructions:
The following case study uses all of the commands that were covered in this ACL
Basics Manual. This case study requires a review of these ACL commands using the
ACL Help screens. Use CLIQUEAR as your input file.
Requirements:
For documentation purposes:
1. Review the CLIQUEAR browse window to gain an understanding of the fields
defined for the data file.
2. How many records are in the CLIQUEAR.FIL data file? _____________
3. How many domestic manufacturing (customer type = ‘CD’) customer invoices are
currently outstanding? ____________
4. What is the total outstanding invoice amount? _____________
5. What is the total outstanding invoice amount attributable to:
A. Domestic manufacturing customers (customer type = ‘CD’) ____________
B. Foreign Medical companies (customer type = ‘WE’) ______________
6. What is the total outstanding invoice amount for records 1 to 100? __________
7. How many invoices are outstanding for Foreign Medical companies (customer
type = ‘WE’)? ____________
8. If the answer to question 8 is less than 10 then prepare a report containing the billto-number (with a column heading of customer number), customer name (with a
column heading of customer name), invoice number and invoice amount.
The listing should include the following report heading:
CLIQUE, INC.
Open Accounts Receivable Invoices
As of December 31, 1990
(Domestic Universities Only)
9. Create a new data file of key items (open invoices greater than $5,000) to be used
for further processing with ACL. How many invoices were output to the
KEYITEMS data file? _______________
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10. Prepare a report of key items (from file created in 10 above) that looks as follows:
Outstanding A/R Invoices
As of December 31, 1990
(Key Items Scope: Invoices > $5,000)
CUSTOMER
NUMBER
CUSTOMER
NAME
INVOICE
NUMBER
INVOICE
AMOUNT
CLIQUE, INC.
Note: The report should be sorted by customer number. Provide subtotals for
each unique customer number.
11. Using the Clique, Inc. – Accounts Receivable (open invoice) File, create a file that
has 1 record for each customer. (Hint : BILLTONO refers to Customer number)
How many customer records are included in this new file? ________________
12. Using the tools within ACL prepare an analysis of the customer balances and a
graphical representation of the customer balances. (The range to be used for the
graphical representation is $.00 to $76,000.) What strata contains the most
occurrences? _____________
You have now completed the ACL Basics for “Introduction to ACL.”
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