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Microsoft Exceeds All
September 15, 2017

Microsoft Exceeds All

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Access

I'm using Microsoft Access to run data on existing customers. Microsoft Excel is great but for the purpose of turning dirty data, to clean data. Access is used to query data and run more clean/concise reports. When engaging with consumers, a much more direct approach is possible due to the amount of information that is at our hands. We run this data to directly engage with who we want, where we want, and about what we want.
  • Microsoft Access is compatible with Microsoft Excel and allows you to use both seamlessly.
  • The program can be used on both a PC and a Mac. Both are used in our company so it makes it very simple to translate data from one to another.
  • When cleaning through data, Access breaks down the layers that are being pulled out of the system to accurate depict what is being sought after vs what is not.
  • The product can be difficult to teach. I believe there should be more tutorials on the ins and outs of how to precisely use each feature.
  • The program tends to be very tedious at times. If you do not add an * it can mess up everything.
  • The depth at which data needs to be pulled in and how much is tough to comprehend.
  • I do not have specific numbers but it saves us time. If we save time, we make more money.
  • The amount of time it takes to process data is dramatically shorten once a new analyst is taught the proper way to navigate through the program in an effective manner.
I personally enjoy the program because that is all I've ever known. I first started using it in college and I've enjoyed the product ever since. It will be the program I continue to use for the duration of my career and can be easily uploaded on any computer.
[Microsoft Access is well suited] When you're going through a list of products and you're specially interested in line items that are profitable, for customers on the west coast, metro area of LA and have been in business for 20 years. This is all possible in Access. You have to break it down. Once you do, you can send it through Excel and run graphs on the data to pull into PowerPoint.

I would recommend anyone who tends to gather a large set of data to use Access because it will allow your business to strip data down to its own benefit.