Microsoft Access Overview
Discovering the interface
- Quick data functions in reports
- Categorizing with command groups
- Changing the view to discover contextual tabs
Overview of database concepts
- Databases and their contents
- Flat file and relational databases
- Conforming Access to RDBMS standards
The fundamentals of database design
- Tables, records and fields
- Implementing database normalization
- Ordering schemes
- Indexes
- Setting composite primary keys
Building a Relational Database with Access
Defining the requirements
- Eliciting user needs and wants
- Consolidating a design into a system specification
- Designing the data model
Creating an Access database system
- Selecting the best Access design style
- Access tables, fields, indexes
- Assigning proper field types
- Table relationships
- Modifying field functionality with properties
Integrating internal and external data
- Customizing forms with the Layout View
- Embedding forms
- Importing existing tables
- Protecting data using layered validation
- Picking controls in Layout and Design Views
Querying Relational Data
Query types and elements
- Defining queries
- Choosing fields in the Design View
- Select, Action and Parameter queries
Developing queries
- Query wizards
- Expressions in queries
- Refining data output with sorting and filtering
- Creating calculated fields
Access Reports for Data Analysis
Implementing Report wizards
- Generating quick reports
- Enhancing your presentation with conditional formatting
- Exploiting formulas and expressions in reports
- Sorting out groups and totals
Modifying the standard report formats
- Adjusting report controls
- Changing group order and effects
- Formulating values in expressions
- Publishing to PDF and XPS formats
Task Automation with Macros
Designing effective macros
- Point-and-click
- Embedded macros
- Macro style guidelines
- Running a macro from events
- Picking macro actions and arguments
Event-driven programming
- Linking forms and reports
- Associating macros with controls
- Managing security through the Trust Center
- Designing a custom Navigation Pane
Access as a Multiuser Front-End
Data separation in Access
- Creating a non-data ACCDB
- Strategically placing your data
- Handling multiuser conflicts
Linking to external data sources
- The ODBC connectivity standard
- Utilizing SQL Server data within Access
- Publishing to the cloud