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Course Curriculum: Access Advance

Subject areas covered
1. Advanced Queries
2. Advanced Forms
3. Advanced Reports
4. Macros
5. Importing and Exporting Data
6. Database Management

Module: Advanced Queries

• Grouping and Summarising
• About grouping
• Building totals queries
• Totals query design
• Where totals
• Expression totals
• Common aggregate functions
• Updating, deleting, and relationships
• Referential integrity
• Cascading practices
• About cascading deletes
• Allowing deletes in key fields
• Allowing updates in key fields
• Indexing for performance
• About indexes
• How an index works
• Index planning
• Creating indexes in tables
• Setting index properties
• Maximising performance
• Specialised query types
• Pass-Through Queries
• Data Definition Query

Module: Advanced Forms

• About subforms
• Creating the main form and subform using the Form Wizard
• Creating a subform using the SubForm Wizard
• Using an existing form as a subform
• Nested subforms
• Linking forms
• Main form–subform data relationships
• The hyperlink control
• Adding a hyperlink to a form
• The Web Browser control
• The attachment control
• Managing attachments in a form
• The chart control
• Specialised form types
• About navigation forms
• Creating a navigation form
• Modal dialog forms
• Creating a database start-up form

Module: Advanced Reports

• About sub-reports
• Sub-report record sources
• Main and sub-report with the same record source
• Main and sub-report with related record sources
• Using an unbound main report as a container
• Advanced grouping
• Date ranges
• Running sums
• Advanced formatting
• Banded reports
• Formatting and design options
• Showing Username name
• Using a logo
• Showing and hiding for printing

Module: Macros

• Creating a macro
• Planning macros
• Using the Macro Builder
• Using Macro Builder features
• Embedded macros
• Assigning macros to events
• Data macros
• Using variables
• Variable scope
• Choosing variable sources
• When to use variables
• Creating macros with variables
• Troubleshooting macros
• Error handling basics
• Stepping through macros
• Displaying variable values
• Using the OnError action
• Using the MacroError Object
• Designing robust macros
• Logging Debug info

Module: Importing and Exporting Data

• Data exchange basics
• Choosing which parts of Access to use
• Other database applications
• OCDB databases
• Saving import and export procedures
• Import options
• Export basics
• Exchanging data with other Access databases
• Linking to Access tables
• Importing data in Access
• Exporting Access objects
• Exchanging data with Excel
• Importing from Excel
• Linking to Excel data
• Appending Excel data
• Exporting data to Excel
• Using Text and XML data files
• Exporting to text files
• Exporting to XML
• Importing from text files
• Importing from XML files

Module: Database Management

• Preparing and running Compact & Repair
• Running Compact & Repair automatically
• Restoring a database
• Other maintenance tasks
• Encrypting a database
• Creating an executable file
• Documenting the database structure

Helpful Tips
To benefit from our Access advanced training course, learners must have good working knowledge in these intermediary areas;

• Understand Database Design, and what types of information are stored, use of data entry form, routine queries, how data is structured in a single table non-relational database, the use of indexes and key field to organise data.
• Understand Data Integrity, Unique not null primary key, field characteristics, data validation, consistency, completeness, accuracy, and the effect of malicious or accidental alteration.
• Able to modify database table, add or amend or delete field and field characteristics. Able to understand Field characteristics i.e. Data type, field name, field size, format, validation, and primary key.
• Able to understand the Problems with database tables, i.e. redundant data, duplication, table structure, field characteristics and validation and sources of help.
• Able to enter, edit and organise data i.e. select and update fields, create new records, locate and amend records, using wildcards, search operators, error checking, and data validation.
• Understand and able to format data entry forms, i.e. field characteristics and layout, tables, colour, and lookups.
• Able to check data entry, i.e. Spell check, format, accuracy, consistency, completeness, validity, and security.
• Understand Data entry errors, i.e. Due to field size, data type, validation checks, using help, deal with data that does not fit parameters, alerts, reminders, and problems with forms
• Able to perform Database queries, i.e. Alphanumeric sort, filter, single criteria, multiple criteria; save queries and output
• Able to create Database reports, i.e. Using menus, wizards or shortcuts; selected fields; selected records
• Competent in Formatting database reports, i.e. Data fields, page and section layout, add text or images, and adjust page setup for printing
• Able to Check reports, i.e. Completeness, accuracy, security, sorting, formatting, layout.

Point to Note: Customers may customised modules according to their needs and learning requirements, and if you want to discuss specific modules not listed above, please speak to us, we're here to help.

Course Curriculum: Access Intermediate

Subject areas covered:
1. Access Design Tips and Techniques
2. What's new in Access
3. Creating relational databases
4. Working with tables
5. Defining data entry rules
6. Using advanced query features
7. Creating advanced queries
8. Creating advanced form design
9. Using advanced report features

Module: Creating relational databases

• Database normalising
• Introducing relating tables
• Adding referential integrity

Module: Working with tables

• The lookup wizard
• Changing lookup fields
• Inputting data to related tables

Module: Defining data entry rules

• Using input masks
• Setting a property
• Setting a validation rule

Module: Using advanced query features

• How to join a table in queries
• Creating a calculated field
• Using an action query

Module: Creating advanced queries

• Summarise and group values
• Create a crosstab query
• Using a parameter query

Module: Creating advanced form design

• Working with graphics
• Working with calculations
• Working with combo boxes
• Working with unbound controls

Module: Using advanced report features

• Create customized headers and footers
• Add a calculated value
• Work with sub-reports

Helpful Tips
To benefit from our Access intermediate training, learners must have good working knowledge in these basic areas;

• Understand database components.
• Understand what types of information are stored for example tables, forms, queries or reports.
• Able to enter structured data for instance tables, fields and records.
• Able to use of data entry form and create new record and add record to table.
• Able to locate and amend for example find, search, replace, sort and wildcards.
• Able to recognise data entry errors due to field size, data type, validation checks.
• Able to use help.
• Able to check data and use spell check, and format data, check data for accuracy and consistency.
• Understand database queries and able to use alphanumeric sort, filter and single criteria.
• Understand database reports and able to use menus, wizards or shortcuts.

Point to Note: Customers may customised modules according to their needs and learning requirements, and if you want to discuss specific modules not listed above, please speak to us, we're here to help.

Course Curriculum: Access Basic

Subject areas covered:
1. Access Design Tips and Techniques
2. What's new in Access
3. Getting started with Database
4. Using Access
5. Creating Database
6. Using Table Wizard
7. Creating and using Forms
8. Creating and using Reports
9. Importing, Exporting and Linking Objects

Point to Note: Customers may customised modules according to their needs and learning requirements, and if you want to discuss specific modules not listed above, please speak to us, we're here to help.

Services: Remote Learning, Online Classes, On-site Group Training.

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