Whenever you write a report in Trendstar that asks for ALOS (average length of stay), you are prompted for whether the ALOS computation should be arithmetic or geometric. We believe the answer in general ALOS reporting should always be the first choice, arithmetic. Here is some more background to help you understand why.

For massive repetitive edit tasks unsuitable for the *subs command mentioned above, you can use a DEC Editor Macro. Macros are simply a string of commands put together in sequence. Macros are not saved once you leave the edit session, but you can store them by copying them to the windows clipboard just after entering them, then pasting to a text file. You can edit the text file and paste the macro string of text instead of keying it.