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The Vintage Catalogue Queries. Learning intentions. Be able to perform a simple search (Level 4-) Be able to perform a complex search (on more than one field) (Level 4) Be able to create a printable report (Level 4-/4). Tasks. Open the Catalogue table in your vintage database
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The Vintage Catalogue Queries
Learning intentions • Be able to perform a simple search (Level 4-) • Be able to perform a complex search (on more than one field) (Level 4) • Be able to create a printable report (Level 4-/4) Tasks Open the Catalogue table in your vintage database Open the slides from VLE 3) Create a simple query 4) Create a report based on that query
Create a query Open your catalogue table Click on the Create Tab Create a Query Design
Add your Catalogue data table Add in all your fields by double clicking
Entering criteria For a simple search, choose one thing on the CRITERIA ROW: e.g. Category: “Shoes” Year: <2000 Price: >=30 Notice that when you search for words in your query you use quotation marks. Notice also how you do not need to use the £ sign for price Printscreen this search criteria in a Word or Powerpoint file
Create queries and create 2 printscreens to show the criteria and results • All clothing which costs more than £5 • All shoes made before the year 2000, larger than a size 4 • All Accessories made after 1999, costing £5 or more.
Create a report To create a report, change the view of your query to Datasheet view and then simply click: Create-> Report You will be asked to save your query. Give it a sensible name. Format it the same as you did your form last week: Design view: To Design i.e. fonts and colour Layout view: To Layout i.e. re-arrange/reposition Report view: To View/Print ADD YOUR NAME AND PRINT YOUR FINISHED REPORT
Homework Print and label your query printscreen and your finished report: Explain what you are searching for in your query Explain the design of your report (fonts, colours, layout, title, pictures)