From the course: Access 2016: Forms and Reports

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Build a report with the wizard

Build a report with the wizard

From the course: Access 2016: Forms and Reports

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Build a report with the wizard

- [Voiceover] Reports don't know anything about data. All a report knows is formatting. This font, this color, in this position, and that's it. For all other data needs, reports rely on a data source. Data comes either directly from a table or, a little more round about from a query. The nice thing about using a query as a data source, is that you can bring in fields from multiple related tables, calculated fields and expressions, and give it all to the report, in one nice and tidy package. When using a query, we have the option of using a pre-built query that you can find in the navigation pane, or creating what's called an embedded query, directly inside of the report. Let's take a look at how a report gets data, by having the Wizard walk us through the first few steps. You can find the Report Wizard up here on the Create tab, and in the Reports Group, we'll find Report Wizard. Let's work towards getting a report that looks at our customer's orders. The Report Wizard looks and feels…

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