Decision Analysis Fall Term 2015 Marymount University School of Business Administration Professor Suydam Week 14 Advanced Access; Access on the Web; Case Studies 3 & 4 MP 4
Objectives for Week Discussion – All Improving Case Study -- Lookup Fields in Form Case Study 3 – in-class, graded team exercise Improving Case Study Navigation Form Security Multi-User Access (Web-based) Case Study 4 – in-class, graded team exercise Mini-Project 4 & Final Project 14 -2
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14 -3 Download Starter Database Correct issues with Hungarian Notation, Camel Case, PK, Field Length in Tables, Form & Report Required by CS (use Rename pulldown function) (25%) NO Queries need to be created except for next step Replace CustomerID in Form and create a pull-down field (combo box) for it in the Form (25%) Create Relationships Table (25%) Add Switchboard (Open Form in Add Mode, Open Report, Exit Application), then make sure only Switchboard displays when database is opened (25%) Each member, individually, submit to by for grade by COB 11/30/2015 NOTE: For first couple steps you might want to create successive copies of your database so, if you make an error, you can go back to last good copy
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Project Objective: This is to be a final course project the integrates each aspect of this course into a useful and workable final product for decision analysis. The following lists the components of the project. Grading weight for each component is shown in "( )". Excel (30%) : 3 DSS (Scenario Manager, Solver, & "What If"), Pivot Table, Appropriate Graphic(s) Access (40%): At least: Switchboard or Navigation Form, 4 data tables, 4 queries, 1 form, 1 report Visio (10%): 3 different "artifacts" relevant to Project Oral Presentation (20%): Prepare to explain your work to the group in ~10 minutes. Use PowerPoint (~10 slides) and any appropriate examples from project in your presentation 14 -7
14 -8 No simple pull-down menu capability is available for Parameter Dialogs Make dialog as User-Friendly (help the user) as possible
14 -9 Only available starting with Access 2010 VTC Link off Course Resources>VTC Courses>MS Access 2010 Click on image to go directly to page
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Download Starter Database Correct issues with Hungarian Notation, Camel Case, Field Length in Tables, Form, and Report; Validate performance of all objects; Create Relationships Table (25%) Fix Parameter queries 1 and 6 dialog to make user-friendly (25%) Set up with Navigation Form (25%) Password Protect your database with password: “msc310” & set options so that when database is opened you must enter password and only Navigation Form displays (25%) Each member, individually, submit to by for grade by COB 12/3/2015
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Open Access Help Click on image to go directly to page
Create a web database Click on image to go directly to page
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