logo

Microsoft Modern Workplace Course

course overview

download outline

Select Country and City to View dates & book now

Overview

In this two-day course, you will learn the fundamental skills required to design and build databases in Microsoft Access. From the basics such as database terminology, the course will take you through the process of designing and building a database, constructing tables and table relationships, creating queries to search and interrogate your data, and provide you with the skills to create forms to ease data entry, and reports to output your information.

Most job roles today involve some form of data management. In the case of data workers, it may be their primary job task. For some, like research scientists and accountants, data management may be a strong component of the job. For others, data management may consist of an incidental job responsibility, such as time reporting or recording a sale.

A relational database application such as Microsoft Access can help you and your organisation collect and manage large amounts of data. Access is a versatile tool. You can use it as a personal data management tool, or you can use it as a construction set to develop applications for an entire department or organisation.

Audience

  • Identify the common objects of an Access database
  • Design and build the structure of a database
  • Input and maintain data
  • Design user-friendly data entry forms
  • Search the database using queries
  • Generate reports from your data

Prerequisites

Delegates do not need any experience of using Microsoft Access before attending this course, but experience of list-related tasks in Microsoft Excel such as sorting and filtering would be beneficial.

This course is suitable for anyone using Access 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 or 365. If you’re attending at a QA location, the course will be delivered on Access 2019.

Outline

Module 1: Introducing Access

  • The Access interface
  • Database objects
  • Database terminology

Module 2: Working with table data

  • Navigating a table
  • Entering and editing data
  • Sorting and filtering records
  • Deleting records
  • Adding totals to a table

Module 3: Designing a database

  • Database planning and design
  • Naming conventions
  • Key fields
  • Normalisation

Module 4: Tables

  • Creating tables
  • Field properties

Module 5: Relationships

  • Database types
  • Types of relationship
  • Referential integrity
  • Creating relationships
  • Subdatasheets

Module 6: Queries

  • An introduction to queries
  • Creating simple queries
  • Using wildcards
  • Multiple criteria in queries
  • Sorting query results
  • Querying multiple sources
  • Calculations in queries
  • Creating query-based dropdown lists

Module 7: Designing forms

  • Why use forms?
  • Creating basic forms
  • The Form Wizard
  • Modifying the design of a form
  • Working with controls
  • Creating forms manually

Module 8: Designing reports

  • Why use reports?
  • Creating simple reports
  • The Report Wizard
  • Modifying the design of a report
  • Sorting and grouping
  • Summarising report data

Certification

For customers attending remotely via Virtual Classroom or ‘Attend From Anywhere’, an additional screen is required for this course to work through remote desktop labs and view training information.

For learners without access to the software required for this event, a remote PC can be provided using GoToMyPC. If you have any questions, contact our Virtual team.

Talk to an expert

Thinking about Onsite?

If you need training for 3 or more people, you should ask us about onsite training. Putting aside the obvious location benefit, content can be customised to better meet your business objectives and more can be covered than in a public classroom. Its a cost effective option. One on one training can be delivered too, at reasonable rates.

Submit an enquiry from any page on this site and let us know you are interested in the requirements box, or simply mention it when we contact you.

All $ prices are in USD unless it’s a NZ or AU date

SPVC = Self Paced Virtual Class

LVC = Live Virtual Class

Please Note: All courses are availaible as Live Virtual Classes

Trusted by over 1/2 million students in 15 countries

Our clients have included prestigious national organisations such as Oxford University Press, multi-national private corporations such as JP Morgan and HSBC, as well as public sector institutions such as the Department of Defence and the Department of Health.