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Microsoft Access Views
Updated January 21, 2021

Microsoft Access Views

Daren Anderson, MSIS | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Access

We use it to quickly work with data and pull out required information for our customers. it is being used across the whole organization as well as with particular customers.
  • Easy to work with.
  • Easy to learn.
  • Easy to convert to SQL if the need arises.
  • Would be nice to be able to work with larger databases.
  • Certain features have changed over the years - sometimes hard to follow.
  • Since it has been quick for me to use, it has saved time to parse data thereby making more money.
  • It has cost me more in the long run trying to come up with a solution [for problems] where maybe Access wasn't the best fit.
There have always been a variety of different database products in the last 33 years but for ease of use and code that is similar to other Microsoft products, Access is a good fit. A lot of people will try to use an Excel spreadsheet to do some of the things that could be easier in Access.
If you are working with a small company with 20 or less workstations, it would be an excellent way to share data; but if you get to be over the 30 user mark, then you need to look at something higher end like SQL. If you are a small operation and need to quickly parse some data or change it in some way, Access is the way to go.

Using Microsoft Access

5 - Programming, data analysis, and some marketing
5 - Mostly technical