Course Outline

1. Introduction:

  • What are relational databases
  • When and why to consider using them
  • Why Access is such an attractive database

2. Managing Existing Access Databases:

  • Discussing basic database concepts
  • Opening and closing a database
  • Basic database objects and their dependencies (tables, queries, forms, and reports)
  • Record operations (adding, deleting, modifying)
  • Searching, sorting, and filtering records
  • Managing existing forms
  • Compacting and repairing the database

3. Tables:

  • Designing new tables
  • Field types and their selection criteria
  • The role of the primary key
  • Modifying the structure of tables containing data
  • Importing data to and from Excel

4. Relationships:

  • References as a way to create relationships
  • Creating relationships in the relationship window
  • Relationships: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many
  • Defining integrity constraints

5. Queries

  • Creating queries using the wizard
  • Creating queries in design view
  • Creating queries based on a single table and multiple tables connected by relationships
  • Types of joins and their role
  • Grouping data and calculations in queries
  • Different types of queries (select, append, make table, update, delete, crosstab)
  • A few words about the syntax and meaning of SQL language
  • Formatting results
  • Query parameters
  • Setting properties and formatting query results
  • Creating complex queries
  • Presentation of potential issues and ways to avoid errors

6. Collaboration of Excel with Access

  • Exporting, importing, and linking data
  • Creating reports in Excel based on data from Access

7. Forms and Reports

  • Creating simple forms and reports using wizards

8. Work Automation

  • Introduction to macro creation
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