1. MGS 351 Introduction to Management Information Systems Recitation 4

2. Agenda Attendance Collect: – TIDB Peer Evaluations Homework 1 – Common Mistakes Homework 2 – Hints TA and Group Meetings – Preliminary Project Proposal (pp. 92-93) Reminders: Due Next Week

3. Common Mistakes in Homework 1 Employees Database: – Hire Date No Validation Text – Ex: “Please enter a date on or before today” Did not use the Date() function Did not use mathematical expressions – – Title Code dropdown menu Must limit to list!

4. Common Mistakes in Homework 1 Employees Database: – Incorrect Employee Code Input Mask > indicates (capitalization for all letters following) L indicates letters only (capitalized) 0 indicates all numbers only \ allows anything written after it to appear exactly as written - shows as a “-”

5. Homework 2 (10 points) Homework 2: Chapter 3 - Forms – Customers.accdb (database file) – Chapter 3 Guided and Applied Exercises (pp.22-30) – Chapter 3 Guided Exercise Questions (pg. 31) – Will go over homework hints next week Due: – Wednesday Recitations: February 25, 2015 – Friday Recitations: February 27, 2015

6. Homework 2 Hints Remember to insert the printer image in the products form for the printer record – Printer image is found on the course website If you edit something in a table, the changes are not applied directly to the form – Must go to form and re-add field using “Add Existing Fields” (HINT: CUSTOMER TYPE) Add calculated control for date in FOOTER – Hint: Date function from Homework 1

7. Homework 2 Hints Proper Formatting (Applied Step 14): – Controls should NOT overlap other controls – Controls should be aligned properly – Label names should be grammatically correct Insert spaces between words – Fix Tab Order – Do this last! – Points will be taken off for poor aesthetics

8. Homework 2 Hints Know the difference between : – Unbound control: not connected to any underlying data (label) – Bound control: connected to underlying data in table or query (textbox) – Calculated control: based on a formula, function, expression (textbox with formula)

9. Preliminary Project Proposal TA will meet with group and discuss the final idea you will use for your final project – Also, have a back-up idea ready Read the Project Overview and consider your limitations Must hand in by end of class! (pp. 92-93) – One per group

10. Reminder: Exam 1 Friday, February 20 th, 2015 – Knox 20 – 6:00 – 8:00 PM

11. Reminder: Due Next Week Homework 2 – Customers.accdb – Chapter 3 Guided Exercise Questions