Microsoft Access for Office 365: Part 2
E-Learning
Description
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, an
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.
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.
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.
| Lesson Id | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesson 1: Promoting Quality Data Input |
Topic A: Restrict Data Input Through Field Validation Topic B: Restrict Data Input Through Forms and Record Validation |
| 2 | Lesson 2: Improving Efficiency and Data Integrity |
Topic A: Data Normalization Topic B: Associate Unrelated Tables Topic C: Enforce Referential Integrity |
| 3 | Lesson 3: Improving Table Usability |
Topic A: Create Lookups Within a Table Topic B: Work with Subdatasheets |
| 4 | Lesson 4: Creating Advanced Queries |
Topic A: Create Query Joins Topic B: Create Subqueries Topic C: Summarize Data |
| 5 | Lesson 5: Improving Form Presentation |
Topic A: Apply Conditional Formatting Topic B: Create Tab Pages with Subforms and Other Controls |
| 6 | 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 |
Self-Paced
Free
This course includes: :
Full lifetime access