1. 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 #
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2. Data Management
Which 4 of the 6 database components will be useful to us?
Forms
Tables
Queries
Reports
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3. Data Management What are some differences between Access and Excel?
Application of rules (before/after)
Text vs. numbers
More or less restrictive
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4. 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 #
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5. Data Management Primary key A primary key must be a unique identifier
Not all unique identifiers are primary keys
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6. Data Management Border’s Group, Inc. Data
StoreInfo table (tblStoreInfo)
TitleInfo table (tblTitleInfo)
SalesInventoryInfo table (tblSalesInventoryInfo)
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7. 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
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8. Data Management Design view query – adding fields to the query
Double click
Click and drag
Select from drop down box
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9. 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
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10. Data Management Simple Query Wizard – select Select table to query
Select fields, continue
View in design view
Define criteria
Query
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