Classroom Training

Microsoft Access Querying

Available as classroom training course only

£695 + VAT for most venues (£795 + VAT for London)

1 day

This one-day course is aimed at people who don't know how to use Access, but have a database that they want to interrogate. The course explains the principles underlying your corporate database (if you bring a copy in, we'll do much more than this), then shows how to create queries to get at the data it contains. Learn how to select data, how to aggregate it and how to create expressions, then at the end of the course see a brief introduction to how forms and reports work.

We don't have any dates scheduled for this course, but we may well consider adding them - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, you could enquire about running the course in your office or even (if available) as a tailored online course.

Course Contents - PDF

Course Contents

The contents of this course are as follows:

Designing a database

Identifying the tables
What are relationships?
Setting a primary key
Using multivalue fields

Creating tables

Defining fields
The types of field
Entering data

Covered if time allows If time

Drawing relationships

Creating relationships
Referential integrity

Creating queries

The query design grid
Sorting
Setting criteria
Combining criteria

Advanced queries

Grouping and totalling
Creating expressions
Parameter queries

Covered if time allows If time

Joins

Creating ad hoc joins
Types of join

Creating forms

Layout and design view
Using the form wizard
Split forms
Creating controls

Creating reports

Using the report wizard
The group, sort and total pane
Report design

You should already be a confident Windows user to attend this course, but do not need to have used Access before. Note that most people find Access harder to learn than Excel.

Why Choose Us?

No more than 5 people per class
Proper restaurant lunch included
482 references viewable online
Free USB stick containing course files
Genuine Wise Owl trainers only
Unbelievably good courseware

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Sample customer feedback

Our thanks to everyone who agreed to share their thoughts (note that some of these reviews may be for our online courses).

"Trainer was friendly and very knowledgeable; was very easy to learn from them."

Jonathan O’Leary (Liquid Logic (System C))

"Just to say thank you to our trainer; his breadth of knowledge in SSRS, VBA and SQL helped me better understand it. Not the easiest product to use, but I now have learned some valuable techniques and tips around some of the bugs I have been encountering. "

Michael Taylor (Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust)

"Very relaxed, yet informative course that covered a wide range of topics."

Ben Robinson (Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust)

"I really enjoyed my training session, with one of the best trainers I have met. She is very knowledgeable and engaging and goes at just the right pace for all that are on the course. I was very dubious as to how it would work remotely but I thought it was excellent!"

Sue Thomas (STMicroelectronics (R&D) Ltd)

"The course was excellent. One would expect a company offering such courses would have capable, competent and knowledgeable tutors leading the class. Our trainer met that bar easily, but she was also very engaging, patient and supportive. It’s these personal qualities that made the course stand out amongst others I have attended."

William Halliday (STMicroelectronics (R&D) Ltd)

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