Diving Deep Into Access 2013Lisa FriedrichsenProfessor @ Johnson County Community College

Author @ Cengage, Illustrated Access series

Brief = 4 Units Introductory = 8 Units Complete =16 Units

15 chapters of common examples…Excel - Budgets / What If Analysis - Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow Analysis - Decision Support & Charting - Scenario Analysis - Breakeven Analysis - Trend Analysis - Linear Programming - List ManagementAccess - Relational Database Management - Querying a Relational Database - Information Communication / Reports - Interface Design / Forms - Application Development / Macros, VBA

What’s New in Access 2013?

• Text data type = Short Text• Memo data type = Long Text• No PivotTables, PivotCharts• No Outlook integration

• Yes - Create PDF Email attachment

• No replication• Access Web apps

Tables

• What are the two types of Lookup fields?

• What do Lookup fields and relationships have to do with one another?

Queries

• How do I teach AND vs. OR criteria in a way that makes sense?

• Racetracks!

• What is a parameter query and why will it make me look like a genius?

Forms

• What is the Record Source property and why is it important?

• What are the two personalities of a combo box and how do I them?

• Data Entry• Find

• What is the purpose of so many views?

– Report– Print Preview– Layout– Design

• Group, Sort, and Total Pane – How do I use it?

Reports

Access and the

Web

• File|New – show Access Web Apps• Traditional database vs. Access

Web App• Hyperlink Data type• HTML Formatting tags• Save to XML• Save to HTML

Final Case Study

• Tie a form, query, and report together

• Create a dialog box form • Pass criteria to a query • Build a report on the query

Thank You!

Lisa L. Friedrichsen

lisalfri@jccc.edu