Managing data with microsoft access. It provides tools to create tables, quiries, forms, and reports.

JaneMokwena 14 views 26 slides Oct 27, 2025
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About This Presentation

Microsoft access is a database tool used to store, organize, and manage data efficiently


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TeachingMethodologyandPracticumICTSupport
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A database
•Databases evolved in the early 1960s. Thedatabase process is to collect and
organize data typically stored electronically in a computer system. A database is
said to be a list that is kept written (or) typed on paper, in a computer
spreadsheet or word processing document. Accessing data becomes more
accessible and integrated with the rest of our work. Handling information using
a database allows us to become strategic users and easy of the data we have.
A database is versatile which can be integrated into all sorts of project

WHATISADATABASE?
It’sastructuredsystemtoputyourdatainthat
imposesrulesuponthatdata,andtherulesareyours,
becausetheimportanceoftheseproblemschanges
basedonyourneeds.

What isthepurposeofadatabase?
1.Thepurposeofadatabaseistostoreandretrieveinformationina
waythatisaccurateandeffective.

IsExceladatabase?

SowhyisExcelnotgoodtorunasadatabase?
•Whatifyouhaveabunchofdata,maybe10,000customer,“Areyougoingto
scrolldowninthespreadsheetto get the 9999 customer?!”,What if the security was
aconcern,“Doyoucareaboutifsomeoneelsegotanaccesstoyourdata?”, What
ifyouaccidentallyputaredundantinformation,“Isitfinetohave duplicate
informationalongthespreadsheet?”.

WHENDOWENEEDADATABASE

WHENDOWENEEDADATABASE

WHEREDOWESTART!!!!!!!

DATASHEETVIEW
AdatasheetviewinanAccessappdisplaysdataarrangedinrowsandcolumns.

DESIGNVIEW
Designviewallowsyoutoworkwiththeunderlyingstructureofyourtables,queries,
forms,andreports....InDesignviewfortables,eachrowcorrespondstoafield.You
canedit,insert,anddeletefieldsinyourdatabasetablesinDesignview

WhatisthepurposeofthePrimaryKey??
GOOGLE!!!

A primary key is a field or set of fields with values that are unique
throughoutatable.Valuesofthekeycanbeusedtorefertoentirerecords,
becauseeachrecord hasadifferent valuefor thekey. Each tablecan only
haveoneprimary key.

OpenMoodle[Youcandothis
afterthelecture]

Doubleclick!!!!!

Let's work in the database!!
1.Create a new field for ID numbers
2.Assign a primary key to the ID field
3.Create a new field and title it gender (reflect a dropdown of Male and
Female)
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