Your training and experience using Microsoft Access has given you basic database management skills such as creating tables, designing forms and reports, and building queries. In this course, you will expand your knowledge of relational database design, write advanced queries, structure existing data, share data across applications, and customise reports.
Target Audience:
Microsoft Office Access Level 2 is designed for individuals who would like to learn intermediate-level operations of the Microsoft Office Access program. The Level 2 course is for individuals whose job responsibilities include maintaining data integrity, handling complex queries, forms, and reports, and sharing data between Access and other applications.
Prerequisites
- Define database objects
- Design a simple database
- Create tables and table relationships
- Manage data in a table
- Create filters and queries
- Query records using expressions
- Create and modify forms and reports
- Open and navigate in a Word document
- Open and navigate in an Excel spreadsheet
- Open a text file in Notepad
Delegates will learn how to
- At the end of this course you will be able to:
- Design a relational database
- Join tables to retrieve data from unrelated tables
- Streamline data entry and maintain data integrity
- Share data across applications
- Customise reports to organise and format the displayed information
Outline
Lesson 1: Designing a Relational Database
- Topic A: Relational Database Design
- Topic B: Create a Table
- Topic C: Create Table Relationships
Lesson 2: Joining Tables
- Topic A: Create Query Joins
- Topic B: Join Tables That Have No Common Fields
- Topic C: Relate Data within a Table
- Topic D: Work with Subdatasheets
- Topic E: Create Subqueries
Lesson 3: Organising a Database for Efficiency
- Topic A: Data Normalisation
- Topic B: Create a Junction Table
- Topic C: Improve Table Structure
Lesson 4: Sharing Data Across Applications
- Topic A: Import Data into Access
- Topic B: Export Data to Text File Formats
- Topic C: Export Access Data to Excel
- Topic D: Create a Mail Merge
Lesson 5: Advanced Reporting
- Topic A: Organise Report Information
- Topic B: Format Reports
- Topic C: Include Control Formatting in a Report
- Topic D: Add a Calculated Field to a Report
- Topic E: Add a Subreport to an Existing Report
Appendix A: Additional Reporting Options