ISM3004: Database Project Blog Post
By: Courtney Jeffries
After completing the database project I feel like I am much more familiar and comfortable using Microsoft Access. Before starting this project, I was worried because even after watching all of the lecture videos, it still seemed like it might be a challenge. There were times that I got stuck, but it was mainly just little issues like sorting the data in the query, and creating a footer in the report. I noticed that going back over the videos and also referring to the class discussion section seemed to really help me and thankfully I managed to find a solution to all my problems without too much stress. Overall, I would now feel comfortable and prepared to help others with problems they might encounter while using Access, and I think that is the number one thing that I have learned.
One way I would enhance the functionality of the database would be, in the report section for example, not having so many page view options. For me personally and others who might not be as familiar with Access, it can get confusing trying to figure out what all these views are for. The report section has four different views to choose from, and even though they can be useful, for a beginner it just seems confusing and I found myself going back and fourth trying to figure out what each view was for, and getting lost in one view when I should have been in a different one. This is really the only thing I found to be a bit annoying. When it came to the more complicated stuff like actually creating a query, form or report, I found the wizard to be extremely helpful and it was probably my favorite part of the whole project.
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