Microsoft Access Review
June 30, 2014
Microsoft Access Review
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
14.0.7106.5003
Modules Used
- Access
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Access
The product is being used at the department level. In a lot of cases a competent analyst can use this without the need for direct IT staff intervention so support costs are kept down while department level satisfaction is high. The staff also enjoys the independence and flexibility they have; especially in areas where there is too much data manipulation for Excel to handle.
- Its a solid product that has been around for years and has continued to evolve.
- Its now available as part of the Microsoft Professional suite so it interacts well with Word, Excel and PowerPoint when there is a requirement to do so.
- There's also gobs of online resources available from any number of sources so getting access to help is a lot more effective than you sitting at a desk with a 1000 + page manual to go through.
- Knowing how and why to reference internal and external libraries can sometimes be daunting if things don't go right.
- The explanations given in the Help section can sometimes be cryptic so more "english-like" terminology would serve well.
- Increase in user satisfaction and efficiency
- Negative impact on ITS department because who has access to information is now unknown once the data leaves the central ERP.