By custom tailoring a query that collects, assembles, and calculates the values needed in a report, the process of generating a customized report that meets the requirements of the end user is simplified. In this video, Adam begins the construction of a report built on a query that examines the total spend of the customers at H+ Sport.
- [Narrator] Building a report off of an existing…query is probably the easiest way to get a great…looking report, that displays some fairly complex…information from your database.…By leveraging the power of queries and feeding…those results into the report's record source,…you'll create a good foundation from which report…design just becomes a matter of dragging and dropping…fields into the appropriate locations.…I've said this before about Access, but sometimes…all of the wizards and automatic object creation…features of the program can really get in the way…and just make things more confusing…than they really are.…Once you understand what's going on behind the scenes,…it's often the case that hand-built…from the ground up is really the way to go.…
For this exercise, I've gone ahead and prebuilt…a query called Customer Lifetime Sales,…let's open it up to take a look.…Here we have a record for each customer in the company.…We have their customer ID, first name,…and last name, as well as…the state that they're from.…
Author
Adam Wilbert
Released
12/10/2018- Explore the components to a specific database.
- Identify the steps needed to create a form with the Form Wizard.
- Determine the steps to use when organizing the form elements.
- Examine the components of anchor control.
- Recognize the elements of modifying form properties.
- Identify the steps necessary for combining text boxes.
- Determine how to add a form header.
- Recognize the steps to take to organize screen space with tabs.
- Explore the ways to add data to a text box.
- Identify the essentials of a report’s structure.
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Trust the exercise files1m 25s
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1. Making the Most of Forms in Access
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Create a form with subforms5m 11s
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2. Form Design Basics: Creating an Employee Directory
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Object alignment5m 58s
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Anchor controls3m 54s
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Modify form properties5m 8s
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Additional form properties1m 44s
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Combine textboxes2m 54s
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Add a form header4m 51s
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3. Form and Report Controls
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Label control6m 21s
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Lines and rectangles5m 55s
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Button controls4m 18s
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Button properties3m 37s
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Link to external content4m 22s
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Add data with a text box3m 21s
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Select data with a combo box6m 32s
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Additional image properties4m 20s
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Embed a subform control5m 27s
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Prepare a query for charting1m 26s
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Display a chart5m 32s
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Link form controls5m 24s
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Edit the Tab Stop sequence4m 48s
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4. Getting Around the Database
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Create a main menu5m 53s
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Refine button macros4m 54s
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Create a data entry form6m 47s
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5. Report Layout
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Understand report structure8m 13s
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Build a report from a query4m 54s
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Create calculation fields5m 49s
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Add a report header5m 5s
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Segment dates into groups4m 31s
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Format date header sections3m 42s
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6. Linking Forms and Reports: Creating a Profit Summary
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Build the query5m 2s
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Create the report structure4m 51s
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Connect the form5m 42s
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Connect the query4m 34s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 2s
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