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MS Access Tour Sesión # 6 MS Access Tour Database Management System (DBMS): An application software that allows users to create, manipulate, and change a database for a particular data model. MS Access is a Relational DBMS, for one user at a time. MS Access Tour MS Access provides diverse features to create and manipulate database objects: Tables Forms Reports Queries MS Access Tour To find MS Access in a PC: Click on “Start” Click on “Programs” Click on “Applications” Click on “MS Office 2003” Click on “MS Access 2003” MS Access Tour To create a database: Click on “File” Click on “Blank database” Save in “Desktop” Choose a name “name.mdb” Click on “Create” Now you have a new database ! MS Access Tour You could create a table by: Design view Using a wizard Entering data Let’s use the wizard ! MS Access Tour To create a table with the wizard: Select a type of table (“customers”) Select sample fields (“ID”, “name”) Save your work ! See the fields in your table: By design view By datasheet view MS Access Tour The design view shows: Field name Data type Key The design view allows you to: Revise your data model Add new fields Rename the fields MS Access Tour The datasheet view shows: Field name Actual field values Pre-defined row number The datasheet view allows you to: Enter data MS Access Tour To create a form with the wizard: Select “Form” under “Objects Menu” Select “Create a form using the wizard” Select a table in the wizard Select the fields you need in your form Select “Finish” See the window that shows up in the screen Save your work ! MS Access Tour A form allows you to: Enter data See already existing data Use a navigation menu at the bottom of the screen MS Access Tour To create a report with the wizard: Select “Report” under “Objects Menu” Select “Create a report using the wizard” Select a table in the wizard Select the fields you need in your report Select “Finish” A report shows up in a new window Save your work ! MS Access Tour Other features of interest: Queries Pages Macros E-R Diagrams