May be times when we need calculations in a report. ◦ Total of how much a salesman has sold ◦ Report showing total inservice training hours an employee has attended.
To perform calculations, controls are placed in the report. Three types of controls ◦ Bound controls – used to display data that comes from fields in the database (Employee ID No.; First Name, etc.) ◦ Unbound controls – Not associated with data from the database Contains things such as report title, etc.
Calculated controls – displays data that is calculated from other data. ◦ Total Important to know the three different types of controls and what they store.
Can create forms different ways. One way is by clicking Report button. ◦ A generic looking form – no control over the way it looks and fields contained. Report Wizard ◦ Can select table, etc., to create report from ◦ Can select fields to be included in report ◦ Can add grouping