Sunday, April 5, 2009

Microsoft Access 2003 Fundamentals Reflection

NETG Reflection

As this semester begins we started off by working on the first NETG which is an 8hr long assessment online, which is an introduction to Access. Before I started the tutorial I had doubts that I will be able to understand the feature of access and how things work. I believe I had that thought is mind because it has been a long time since I used access in my studies; I always prefer not to use it. As a beginner it seemed very complicated to use it but when I kept practicing on it I started to get the hang of it. Even though Access seems very difficult at the beginning but I have really benefited from this tutorial.

I started by going throw the tutorial and taking note while having Microsoft Access open to help me go throw it step by step. When I was sure I fully understand the steps I started the first assessment which was Table basic. Table basic talks about methods of managing data in a datasheet view which is mainly about inserting, editing, and saving records in a table. To be entirely honest I spent a lot of time on my first attempt, because I was confused a bit. However, by the third try I managed pretty well.

By the time I got to the second assessment I was well prepared to complete the task. When thinking about table you will never think it would be that complicated. But when I begun Manipulating Tables I learned many skills such as entering data into fields and filtering and sorting throw the field. In addition, I was able to move throw the labels by clicking next, last, and pervious button. Filtering base records was very useful where I learned to find name faster, which saved me a lot of time while I was working on my access project. However the process to filtering wasn’t as simple as it seemed.

Final assessment was about Querying Data. I started off by finding query such as name, summary function, and also fields to display. After that I learned how to crosstab throw query by selecting row headings and column headings. This assessment quizzed me on table, show, criteria elements. I mostly enjoyed the calculator field components which at start I wasn’t able to work with, but I kept on practicing till I was able use the mathematical operators.

As I conclude, I never thought that I will be able to understand the fundamentals of Access properly in this short time period. I always imaged that I will take me months to create a table and work with it. Know when I am starting to work on my access project I realized how important the tutorial was, it helped me in getting ahead and understanding what I am working with. It saved me a lot of time when starting the project. Finally that is a lesson to never under estimate yourself and your abilities.

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