Classroom Training

Microsoft Access Querying

Available as classroom training course only

£375 + VAT for most venues (£495 + 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
518 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).

"The training was really good, Sam was clear and informative and each topic built on previous knowledge in a structured way."

David Slater (The City of Liverpool College Group)

"Excellent trainer whose enthusiasm was infectious and helped to make what might otherwise have been dull content interesting and engaging. The content was thorough and has given me much more confidence to further develop my skills using SQL. An excellent 3-day course."

James Berehowskyj (DHU Healthcare CIC)

"(SQL) I spent an afternoon trying to work out joins (in my own time but couldn't do it.) 10 mins into joins in the course & I got it. Very good all round, thank you for the training. (SSRS) Again fab!"

Stephen Burton (Countrywide)

"Very knowledgeable and excellent teacher catering for all levels. Pace of course was very good which kept us engaged throughout and the trainer was very good at keeping everyone engaged."

Michael Eynon (Skills Development Scotland (SDS))

"Excellent delivery by trainer. Patient with clear examples. Manual excellent quality."

David Goff (Devon County Council)

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