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6 CPD hours
This course is intended for
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.
Overview
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.
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.This course is the second part of a three-course series that covers the skills needed to perform database design and development in Access.Microsoft© Access© for Office 365?: Part 1 : Focuses on the design and construction of an Access database?viewing, navigating, searching, and entering data in a database, as well as basic relational database design and creating simple tables, queries, forms, and reports.Microsoft© Access© for Office 365?: Part 2 (this course): Focuses on optimization of an Access database, including optimizing performance and normalizing data; data validation; usability; and advanced queries, forms, and reports.Microsoft© Access© for Office 365?: Part 3 : Focuses on managing the database and supporting complex database designs, including import and export of data; using action queries to manage data; creating complex forms and reports; macros and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA); and tools and strategies to manage, distribute, and secure a database.This course may be a useful component in your preparation for the Microsoft Access Expert (Microsoft 365 Apps and Office 2019): Exam MO-500 certification exam.
Lesson 1: Promoting Quality Data Input
Topic A: Restrict Data Input Through Field Validation
Topic B: Restrict Data Input Through Forms and Record Validation
Lesson 2: Improving Efficiency and Data Integrity
Topic A: Data Normalization
Topic B: Associate Unrelated Tables
Topic C: 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
Topic A: Create Query Joins
Topic B: Create Subqueries
Topic C: Summarize Data
Lesson 5: Improving Form Presentation
Topic A: Apply Conditional Formatting
Topic B: Create Tab Pages with Subforms and Other Controls
Lesson 6: Creating Advanced Reports
Topic A: Apply Advanced Formatting to a Report
Topic B: Add a Calculated Field to a Report
Topic C: Control Pagination and Print Quality
Topic D: Add a Chart to a Report
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