Course Description

Further enhance Access Database skills looking at database design and more advanced queries.

Target Student

This course is designed for delegates wishing to gain intermediate-level skills or individuals whose job roles include constructing relational databases, performing database maintenance, creating advanced queries and reports, or integrating Access with other programs.

Pre-requisites

Your training and experience using Microsoft Access 2016 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.

Performance-Based Objectives

• Design a relational database
• Join tables to retrieve data from unrelated tables
• Streamline data entry and maintain data integrity
• Share data across applications
• Customize reports to organize and format the displayed information

Course Content

Designing a Relational Database

• Topic A: Relational Database Design
• Topic B: Create a Table
• Topic C: Create Table Relationships

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

Organizing a Database for Efficiency

• Topic A: Data Normalization
• Topic B: Create a Junction Table
• Topic C: Improve Table Structure

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

Advanced Reporting

• Topic A: Organize 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