The design of reports in Microsoft Access relies on a system of components that get reused over and over again in the final report layout. Each section, including the report header, page header, detail, and page footer sections, need to be designed a single time, even if the final rendering of the populated report has hundreds or thousands of records to display.
- [Instructor] For complete control…over the report layout, you're gonna wanna explore…the report's Design View.…Many of the features we went over…with form design also apply to the design of reports,…which makes it easy to apply what we already know.…However, reports have a structure…that's distinct from most forums,…which adds another layer to their construction.…Most forums display only a single record at a time,…while reports display many records, one after another.…Let's go ahead and switch our…Check In Details report into Design View…and we'll see what that looks like.…On the Home tab, I'll come up to the View button,…I'll press the bottom portion of it…and we'll switch to Design View.…
Now, you might be surprised at how short this report looks.…The nature of a report is that there are several sections,…but they get stacked one on top of another…over and over again.…We only have to design each piece of the stack one time…and Access just repeats it as many times as necessary.…We can see those different sections in these headers.…
Author
Adam Wilbert
Released
9/24/2018- Navigating the interface
- Creating tables
- Defining data types
- Defining table relationships
- Sorting and filtering table data
- Editing forms
- Creating queries and reports
- Maintaining a database
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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1. Getting Started
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Database concepts4m 39s
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Create the database file4m 11s
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Understand the Trust Center2m 57s
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Dig into ribbon tabs5m 35s
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Database navigation pane4m 35s
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Create a database backup1m 35s
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2. Creating Tables
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Enter data3m 43s
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Primary and foreign keys4m 51s
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Import tables5m 2s
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3. Setting Field Properties
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Control input with masks4m 39s
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Set a default value2m 40s
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Data validation rules4m 14s
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Data lookup fields2m 56s
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Additional field properties4m 26s
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4. Organizing Records
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Sort table data2m 41s
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Filter table data2m 21s
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Delete records1m 55s
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Search and replace values2m 22s
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5. Using Queries
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What are queries?3m 2s
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Simple Query Wizard4m 19s
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Build queries in Design view6m 18s
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Build expressions5m 33s
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Obtain summary statistics7m 29s
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6. Creating Forms
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Generate forms from tables5m 36s
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Use the Form Wizard3m 9s
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Form Design view5m 8s
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Find records4m 50s
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7. Creating Reports
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Introduce reports2m 46s
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Report Wizard4m 36s
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Edit a report in Design view6m 24s
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Edit a report in Layout view4m 58s
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Group and sort records5m 26s
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Create calculated totals3m 18s
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Create labels3m 21s
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Adjust print settings4m 15s
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8. Maintaining the Database
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Set startup options3m 25s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 1s
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