ACCESS

PART 2

Objectives

Database Tables Table Parts Key Field Query and Reports Import from Excel Link to Excel

Database TablesTable #1

Column1Column2Column3 Table #2

Column1Column2Column3

Relationship

Table Parts

Last Name

First Name phone

Pepper Beth 333-3555

Pepper Mary 777-2333 Extended

Attributes, like size are properties

Columns / FieldsHave Names

Row – No NameOne value in each column

Key Field Unique Identifier Only one row will have that key

Department Department Name

001 Sales

002 Marketing

Query and ReportsQuery: Which tables? (and how do they join together?)

Which columns? (putting fields in the query)Which rows? (selection criteria)How to sort?What calculations? What concatenations?

ReportsWhich sections?Where will each field go?What totals?

FormsWhere will each field go? What totals will display? How many on a page?

Import from Excel

Access MDB

Excel File

New File

Link to Excel

Access MDB

Excel File

Link definition

Review of Objectives

Database Tables Table Parts Key Field Query and Reports Import from Excel Link to Excel