If direct relationships between tables don't exist but data needs to be connected, discover how a lookup is created to allow the user to show, for example, all the vendors that sell a product, all the products included in an order, or all the communications sent to a given customer.
- [Instructor] It's really handy to know which products…are sold by which vendors.…It's gonna make it so much easier to print out price sheets,…prepare a quote, or place an order…to beef up your own inventory or just to fulfill…a specific customer order.…To have this product information appear…with your vendor data, we're gonna add a lookup field…to the vendors table, and it's gonna pull…all of the products from the products table…and let us pick the things that each vendor sales.…All right?…Now, I've got the vendors table open in design view already,…and I clicked at the end of the list of fields.…
We're just gonna tack this one on at the end…and I'm gonna call it Products.…It's gonna wanna be short text,…but I'm gonna force it to become a lookup.…So I'm gonna go to the Lookup Wizard,…and I have my two choices.…Do I want it to get the values from another table…or do I want to type the values?…I wanna get them from the products table,…so I'm gonna leave it on that one and choose Next.…And of course, the products table is where…
Author
Laurie Ann Ulrich
Released
8/14/2018- Planning your sales database
- Building tables
- Choosing data types
- Setting up field validations
- Creating lookup tables
- Building and editing relationships
- Creating forms
- Designing queries
- Creating sales reports
- Generating useful macros
- Designing a convenient navigation form
Skill Level Advanced
Duration
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Introduction
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1. Planning Your Sales Solution Database
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Storyboarding3m 21s
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Brainstorming1m 47s
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2. Creating Your Sales Solution Tables
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Table-building tips3m 45s
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Choosing the right data type2m 23s
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3. Field Customization
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Input masks4m 53s
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Lookup tables4m 25s
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4. Relationships
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Editing relationships4m 15s
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5. Forms
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Create a form for each table2m 36s
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Creating lookup controls4m 5s
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Create a read-only form2m 11s
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Adding a field to a form2m 45s
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6. Queries
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Customer status3m 26s
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Customers last order date2m 46s
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Products by vendor4m 25s
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7. Reports
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Customer directory10m 11s
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Product price list5m 24s
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Order report5m 47s
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8. Macros
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9. Sales Solution Interface
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Edit the navigation form2m 42s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 18s
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Video: Creating lookup controls