1. Database for non-IT individuals

2. You are an office worker for Rio Rancho Auto Gallery. Your company sells four types of vehicles (compacts, sedans, SUVs, and trucks). Your boss wants you to find out how much sales the company did in January, February, and March for the various types of vehicles sold. How would you go about doing this?

3. Rio Rancho Auto Gallery First Quarter Sales by Vehicle Type TypeJanuaryFebruaryMarchTotals Compacts $ 347,999.12 $ 376,984.92 $ 377,540.57 $ 1,102,524.61 Sedans 330,373.42 289,076.30 271,717.67 891,167.39 SUVs 185,835.76 161,446.98 140,408.67 487,691.41 Trucks 309,725.48 272,558.89 330,373.58 912,657.95 Totals $ 1,173,933.78 $ 1,100,067.09 $ 1,120,040.49 $ 3,394,041.36

4. A repository of data that can be accessed in order to produce information for decision making. Data is the facts about an entity, such inventory, sales, employees, customers. Information is data organized in order to provide meaningful results for decision making.

5.  Table(s) ◦ Fields (columns)  Name  Data type  [Size] ◦ Records (rows)  Queries  Forms  Reports

6.  Open Access  Select blank database or use a template  Name the fields (columns) for the default table  Save and name the table  Modify any data types (numeric and auto number)  Enter the data for each record (row)  Create additional table(s) as required  Process the data using queries, forms, and/or reports.

7.  Patients  Doctors

8. Field NameData TypeSize Patient IDText First nameText Middle InitialText Last NameText Phone NumberText AddressText CityText State/ProvinceText2 Zip/Postal CodeText Doctor NameText Amount OwedCurrency

9. Field NameData TypeSize Doctor IDText Last NameText First nameText Mobile PhoneText AddressMemo CityText State/ProvinceText2 Zip/Postal CodeText SpecialtyText AttachmentsAttachment