Advanced Course on Audit Command Language (ACL)

Class Description

Course Objective
Designed for experienced ACL users who want to further refine their skills and increase their knowledge.

Course Content
Script Basics

• Accessing and running scripts
• Creating and editing scripts
• Documenting scripts
• Setting ACL program options in scripts
• Opening, closing, and linking tables
• Calling scripts from other scripts
• Defining computed fields
• Creating variables
• Using command syntax and multiline commands

Groups in Scripts

• Adding processing efficiency and logic control to a script
• Designing simple, conditional, and nested groups
• Using variables in groups

Interactive Scripts

• Providing user input in scripts (ACCEPT and PAUSE commands)
• Using variable substitution
• Building user dialog boxes
• Building controls and error trapping

Script Design

• Best practices for planning, designing, building, testing, and maintaining scripts

Target Group
Internal auditors, Finance staff, Information systems auditors and ACL users

Venue
Nairobi