Database Applications/Reports

This lesson assists users in creating Microsoft Access reports which is a way to organize and display data from an Access database.

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for this lesson include:

Readings

 * 1) Microsoft Office: Introduction to reports in Access
 * 2) Microsoft Office: Create a simple report - Access

Multimedia

 * 1) GCF Global: Access 2016 Creating Reports
 * 2) GCF Global: Access 2016 Advanced Report Options

Activities

 * 1) Complete the tutorial GCF Global: Access 2016 Creating Reports.
 * 2) Complete the tutorial GCF Global: Access 2016 Advanced Report Options.

Lesson Summary

 * A database is an organized collection of data.
 * A report is used to summarize and display the data in your database from tables and queries.
 * The easiest way to create an Access report is to use the Report Wizard tool.
 * A report is an object in Microsoft Access that is used to display and print your data in an organized manner.

Key Terms

 * grouping level
 * A report grouping level in Access is the way your data is organized on the report.


 * page orientation
 * Page orientation is the way in which a rectangular page is oriented for normal viewing. The two most common types of orientation are portrait and landscape.


 * sort
 * Sorting is any process of arranging items in sequence (ascending or descending order).


 * template
 * Templates are pre-built files, pages or articles designed for a wide range of uses. In Wikipedia, templates contain repetitive material that might need to show up on any number of articles or pages.