Access Project

I must say this access project has been though. It has taken me a long time to complete this assignment. I had to take 2 extra days just to get the work done. I was unable to complete the project in the projected time due to high school work load and I had the busiest couple of weeks in my business. Which is good news, but it come with a price my school work. Anyways,

This project has thought me how to correctly use access. I have learned to create more queries, forms, and reports. I must say the easiest of the three would have to of been the forms. I enjoyed spending time doing the form; it took no time at all. The reports on the other hand, took me for a loop. I am not even sure I was able to successfully complete the project due to the reports. I thought the wizards were a much needed help through this process. I would have never been able to finish if it wasn’t for the discussion boards and the help button the Access 2007 bar. The project took me forever to import the excel file. I was using 2003 access at first and was not successful in import the data and I couldn’t figure out why. I tried and searched and got aggravated. Then finally it came to me. I had to download the 2007 office, and open every file in 2007. Success.

Finally, I am going to give my two cents on the Microsoft access. I was able to do the entire project very smoothly. I had complaints at the beginning from the reasons above. Except now after I realized my mistake I was able to more smoothly finish the project. I would one of two things to make access more efficient. I would either update the information on past office suites, or try and update all computer systems to the newer software. I know money is the issue, but this way every person will have the best and more reliable and data sufficient sources.

The project itself was great. I ran smoothly through the videos, and was able to complete most tasks without having to rewatch. The one complaint I had about the project is I would have had one other video segment just for troubleshooting. I had so many issues due to stupid little mistake's that could of been prevented. I would like to see in a clip, not long only 5-10 minutes just going through the common problems with this project. As you can see my complaint is not a critical issue, but more of a suggestion to improve the work and learning experience of the student.