Microsoft® Access® for Office 365™: Part 2
Your training and experience using Microsoft® Access® has given you basic database management skills, such as creating tables, designing forms and reports, and building queries. In this course, you will expand your knowledge of relational database design; promote quality input from users; improve database efficiency and promote data integrity; and implement advanced features in tables, queries, forms, and reports. Extending your knowledge of Access® will result in a robust, functional database for your users.
Training at a glance
Level
Beginner
Duration
1 Day
Experience
1 year: Microsoft® Access®
Average Salary
$75,000
Labs
No
Level
Beginner
Duration
1 Day
Experience
1 year: Microsoft® Access®
Average Salary
$75,000
Labs
No
Training Details
This course is the second part of a three-course series that covers the skills needed to perform database design and development in Access®. In this course, you will optimize an Access® database.
You will:
- Provide input validation features to promote the entry of quality data into a database
- Organize a database for efficiency and performance, and to maintain data integrity
- Improve the usability of Access® tables
- Create advanced queries to join and summarize data
- Use advanced formatting and controls to improve form presentation
- Use advanced formatting and calculated fields to improve reports
Lesson 1: Promoting Quality Data Input
- Restrict Data Input Through Field Validation
- Restrict Data Input Through Forms and Record Validation
Lesson 2: Improving Efficiency and Data Integrity
- Data Normalization
- Associate Unrelated Tables
- Enforce Referential Integrity
Lesson 3: Improving Table Usability
- Topic A: Create Lookups Within a Table
- Topic B: Work with Subdatasheets
Lesson 4: Creating Advanced Queries
- Create Query Joins
- Create Subqueries
- Summarize Data
Lesson 5: Improving Form Presentation
- Apply Conditional Formatting
- Create Tab Pages with Subforms and Other Controls
Lesson 6: Creating Advanced Report
- Apply Advanced Formatting to a Report
- Add a Calculated Field to a Report
- Control Pagination and Print Quality
- Add a Chart to a Report
This course is designed for students wishing to gain intermediate-level skills or individuals whose job responsibilities include constructing relational databases and developing tables, queries, forms, and reports in Microsoft® Access® for Microsoft 365™.
To ensure your success in this course, it is recommended you have completed Microsoft® Access® for Office 365™: Part 1 or possess equivalent knowledge.
It is also suggested that you have end-user skills with any current version of Windows, including being able to start programs, switch between programs, locate saved files, close programs, and use a browser to access websites.
You can obtain this level of skills and knowledge by taking the following Logical Operations course, or any similar courses in general Microsoft Windows® skills:
- Using Microsoft Windows® 10 (Second Edition)
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