Exp19_Access_Ch08_Capstone – Registry 1.0

 

Project Description:

You work as a database manager at Virtual Registry, Inc. This firm specializes in supplying china, crystal, silver, and collectible gifts online. You will add a hyperlink field that will store a URL for each manufacture’s website. The HR department manager wants to store a photo and the most recent performance review for each employee. You also export data from the database to three different formats. Finally, you import information from Excel, Access, and text files.

 

Start   Access. Open the downloaded Access file named Exp19_Access_Ch8_Cap_Registry. Grader has automatically added   your last name to the beginning of the filename. Save the file to the   location where you are storing your files.

 

You   will add a hyperlink field to the Manufacturer table to store each company’s   website address.
Create a new field in the Manufacturer table after RlMfgCode named Website with the Hyperlink data type. Save the   table.

 

Switch   to Datasheet view, add the website https://www.spode.co.uk   to the Spode China record (11).

 

Add   https://www.wedgwood.com to the Wedgwood China record (15).   Click each link to make sure it launches a browser and locates the   appropriate website. Close the table.

 

You   will add an attachment field to the Employees table to store the employees’   performance reviews and photos.
Create a new field in the Employees table after HireDate named EmployeeFiles with the Attachment data type. Save   the table.

 

Switch   to Datasheet view and locate the record for UserID 81094880. Add the downloaded Word document   named 81094880.docx and the picture   file named 81094880.jpg to the   EmployeeFiles field.Save the table.

 

Create   a basic form based on the Employees table; the form will open in Layout view.   For UserID 81094880, (record 1), click the Word icon and click the Forward   arrow on the Attachment toolbar to display the Word document and the   picture file. Save the form as Employees.   Close the form and the table.

 

You   want to determine current sales for a specific product line. You will filter   the Revenue Query to locate records and export the records to Excel and Word.   You will also export inventory records to create a report in PDF format.
Open the Revenue Query. Use Filter by Selection to display records in the   Alias column where the value equals Waterford   Crystal. Export the filtered records to an Excel file. Save the file as a08c1Crystal_LastFirst. Do not save the export steps.

 

Hide   the ProdCategoryID, DESCR, and Alias fields from the results in the Revenue Query. Export the   same filtered records to a Word file. Open the destination file after the   export operation is complete. On the Layout tab, change the orientation of   the document to Landscape. Press ENTER   one time and add the title Waterford Crystal   Orders   to the Word file. Format the title as bold and center aligned. Save the file   as a Word document with the name a08c1Crystal_LastFirst.   Close the document and exit Word. Do not save the export steps. Save and   close the filtered Revenue Query.

 

Use   Filter by Selection to display records in the Inventory table where the   OnHandQty value equals 0 (five   records will display). Export the records to a PDF document. Save the file as   a08cInventory_LastFirst. Close the PDF reader program. Do not   save the export steps. Save and close the filtered Inventory table.

 

You   will import new customer records from Excel.
Open the a08c1Customers.xlsx   workbook, examine the Customers1 worksheet, and then close the workbook.   Create a linked table in the database by importing the workbook named a08c1Customers.xlsx. Use the first row   of the Customers1 worksheet as column headings and accept all other default   options.

 

You   will also import additional customer records from an Access database.
Open the a08c1Customers database,   examine the Customers2 table, and then close the database. Create a linked   table in the database by importing the Customers2 table from the database   named a08c1Customers.

 

You   will import additional customer records from a text file.
Open the a08c1Textcust.csv text   file, examine the content, and then close the file. Create a table in the   database by importing the text file named a08c1Textcust.csv.   Use the first row of the file as field names, CustomerNum as the primary key,   and name the table Customers Text.   Accept all other default options.

 

Append   the linked customer records to the original Customer table in the database.   Append the 32 records from Customers1 and the 36 records from Customers2.   Open the Customer table to view the appended records. Close the Customer   table.

 

Close   all database objects. Close the database and then exit Access. Submit the   database as directed.