Data Tables Product Table Vendor Table Product ID# Vendor ID# Description Company Name On Hand Inventory Address #1 Cost Address #2 Retail City State Zip Code Telephone # HED 460

Data Management Which 4 of the 6 database components will be useful to us? Forms Tables Queries Reports HED 460

Data Management What are some differences between Access and Excel? Application of rules (before/after) Text vs. numbers More or less restrictive HED 460

Data Management Unique Identifier A field containing a value that uniquely identifies each record in a table A CustomerID field uniquely identifies records in the table. No 2 customers should have same # HED 460

Data Management Primary key A primary key must be a unique identifier Not all unique identifiers are primary keys HED 460

Data Management Border’s Group, Inc. Data StoreInfo table (tblStoreInfo) TitleInfo table (tblTitleInfo) SalesInventoryInfo table (tblSalesInventoryInfo) HED 460

Data Management What is a query? A question represented in a way Access can understand Can be developed in Design View or Simple Query Wizard HED 460

Data Management Design view query – adding fields to the query Double click Click and drag Select from drop down box HED 460

Data Management Criteria Conditions that records must meet for selection in a query Query for all stores in the state of Michigan None……try California Sort by Sq. feet HED 460

Data Management Simple Query Wizard – select Select table to query Select fields, continue View in design view Define criteria Query HED 460