Setting up a standard Access database
Part 3: Generating the reports
- Again, going back to the first screen-cap, locate the button that says “Reports” on the left. Click on that and you will get the following:
- Double click on “Create report by using wizard”
- A window similar to the following will show up:
- Select the fields you want to include in the report (You can just double-click on them to get them to be transferred from the left to the right or vice versa). Click “Next”
- Don’t bother with changes on the next screen (unless you feel like playing around, of course)—just click on “Next” again.
- The third configuration screen is the one that allows you to define how you want to sort your reports. It looks like:
- And you’re pretty much done. The rest of the wizard is concerned with aesthetics, not data, so I’ll just let you play around from there!
I hope this helps someone out there!