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Objectives Database Tables Table Parts Key Field Query and Reports Import from Excel Link to Excel

Database Tables Table #1 Column1 Column2 Column3 Table #2 Column1 Column2 Column3 Relationship

Table Parts Last Name First Namephone PepperBeth PepperMary Extended Attributes, like size are properties Columns / Fields Have Names Row – No Name One value in each column

Key Field Unique Identifier Only one row will have that key DepartmentDepartment Name 001Sales 002Marketing

Query and Reports Query: Which tables? (and how do they join together?) Which columns? (putting fields in the query) Which rows? (selection criteria) How to sort? What calculations? What concatenations? Reports Which sections? Where will each field go? What totals? Forms Where will each field go? What totals will display? How many on a page?

Import from Excel Access MDB Excel File New File

Link to Excel Access MDB Excel File Link definition

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