Larry Reaves larry.reaves@mail.wvu.edu October 23, 2013 Day 19: Access Chapter 4 Larry Reaves larry.reaves@mail.wvu.edu October 23, 2013
Last class Forms Form Wizard Split Forms Multiple Item Forms Design View Layout View Form View Form Wizard Split Forms Multiple Item Forms Datasheet Forms
Reports A report is a printable document that displays information in the database in a easy to read format Reports allow you to customize what data is displayed and how it is displayed
Creating Basic reports Create->Reports Report Report Deisgn/Blank Report Report Wizard
Create->Reports->Report Creates a simple report for the currently selected table or query Unlike the form tool, the report tool does not pull in related table information
Create->Reports->Report Design Report Design and Blank Report both create empty reports so you can build your report from scratch Report Design opens the empty report in Design View Blank Report opens the empty report in Layout View
Create->Reports->Report Wizard The report wizard allows you to easily create reports that use data from multiple tables or queries Like the forms, data can be grouped on the reports based on established relationships
Label Wizard Create->Reports->Labels Allows you to create mailing labels, name tags, or any other specialized labels based on the data in your database
Working with reports Adding fields Deleting fields Report layout control Adjusting column widths Themes
Sorting While sorting can be set up in the report wizard, it can also be altered later, or set up for reports created without the wizard Report Layout Tools->Design->Grouping & Totals->Group & Sort
Report sections Like forms, reports also have sections Reports have multiple sets of headers and footers… one for the entire report, one for each page Additionally there is a header and a footer for each grouping
Group totals Often you need to add totals, averages, or other aggregations for each group in a report Report Design/Layout Tools->Design->Grouping & Totals->Totals
Print Preview Since reports are usually meant to be printed, they have an additional view that isn’t available for forms: print preview If you will be printing your report, be sure to check your design in print preview to see how it will translate to a physical report
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