1. The Rent-A-Dress Database
BUS 2206 Access Assignment
Hints on the DB Assignment
Case 2
The Rent-A-Dress Database
Problem-Solving Cases in Microsoft Access and Excel, 12th Edition, 2015
HF5548.M525 B
P.57 – P. 62
2015 Term 1

2. Introduction A database for a business that rents designer dresses
Please read p.57 and p.62 of the Lab textbook for background information of the assignment.

3. Deliverables (1) Refer to Lab textbook P.57 – P. 62
You need to build 3 database tables and populate them with data.
You need to construct 1 Form, 5 queries, and 2 reports.
Refer to p.62, items 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are needed for the assignment.
Make sure you understand the material covered in tutorial A and tutorial B (P.3-P.50) of the lab textbook in order to work on the assignment.

4. Details of the deliverables (2)
Refer to page 62 of the Lab textbook
2. Tables created in Access
3. Form and subform: Customers
4. Query 1: Upper Limit of Price Range
5. Query 2: Dresses Kept Over 7 Days
6. Query 3: Total Dresses Rented
7. Query for Report 1
8. Report 1: Savings by Rental
9. Query for Report 2
10. Report 2: Rental Summary

5. Database Design Tables involve: Customers table: data input manually
Dresses table: data input manually
Rentals tables: data input manually

6. Customers Table (1)

7. Customers Data (1)
primary key

8. Dresses Table (2)

9. Dresses Data (2)
primary key

10. Rental Table (3)

11. Rentals Data (3)
Compound key
Unique combination of a compound key

12. Table Relationships Enter 8 customers records.
Enter 20 dresses records.
Enter 31 rentals records.

13. Relationship (2)

14. Queries (1)
Query 1: A parameter query called “Upper Limit of Price Range” that prompts for an upper limit to the rental price of a dress and then displays columns for Dress ID, Designer, Dress Name, Color, and Rental Price. Query 2: A query called “Dresses Kept Over 7 Days” that calculates the total number of days each dress has been held by a customer and then lists dresses that have been kept longer than the seven-day limit. The query should include columns for Last Name, First Name, Dress ID, Designer, and Total Number of Days Held. The Total Number of Days Held heading is a column heading change from the default setting provided by the query designer.

15. Queries (2)
Query 3: A query called “Total Dresses Rented” that counts the number of dresses rented by each customer. The query should include columns for Last Name, First Name, Address, and Number of Dresses Rented. Sort the output so that the customer who rents the most dresses appears at the top of the list. Note the column heading change from the default setting provided by the query designer. Query for Report 1: It summarizes the amount of money customers saved by renting designer dresses instead of buying them. It shows Dress ID, Designer, Dress Name, Color, Rental Price, Retail Price, and Savings. The Saving column shows the difference between the rental price and retail price.

16. Queries (3)
Query for Report 2: It shows Last Name, First Name, Designer, Dress Name, and Rental Price.

17. Form and subform: Customers

18. Report 1: Savings by Rental
It summarizes the amount of money customers saved by renting designer dresses instead of buying them. It uses “Query for Report 1”. A portion of the report appears in the following figure.

19. Report 2: Rental Summary
The report uses “Query for Report 2”. The Last Name and First Name columns are on the same line and all fields are formatted and visible. A portion of the report appears in the following figure.

21. The End
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