Intoduction

In the course MS Access 2016: Introduction, you will familiarise yourself with the terminology concerning relational databases and with the basics of working in the Access program. You will try various ways of creating tables and setting the properties of their fields. You will learn to further analyse the data in tables through select queries, including the creation of calculated fields in them. You will set relations between tables and ensure their referential integrity. You will also familiarise yourself with an easy way of creating simple forms and reports.

Lessons:

• Introduction to databases and their objects
• Access environment
• Creating a table in the Datasheet View
• Design view of tables
• Advanced field data types
• Restricting data input in tables
• Analysis of relationships between tables
• Relationships between tables
• Referential integrity
• Navigation in tables
• Searching for records and editing them
• Sorting and filtering data in tables
• Select queries
• Creating a select query
• Criteria in select queries
• Calculated fields in queries
• Joining tables for the purpose of a query
• Lookup columns in tables
• Editing a lookup column
• Automatic creation of forms
• Report creation