Using MS Access for Your Organization
December 01, 2017
Using MS Access for Your Organization
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Access
Whether I am creating an entirely new database through sql or in the design view, MS Access is a great option. Creating queries, macros, and forms are all a possibility when using MS Access to find the right information for small companies or institutions. It makes life much easier than some of the other database creation tools and is relatively cost-effective.
- Form creation is the perfect way for business professionals to input data into their everyday work and designing the form is not too complicated
- Being able to create tables within Access is very convenient, but being able to import data from excel and other platforms is a major advantage when using Access.
- Query creation is perfect for filtering data within any tables associated with the business need. It is very easy to use for beginner users and can help accomplish many complicated criteria related to certain business requirements.
- Being able to switch between SQL and a more friendly design view is great for IT professionals as well as analysts within the day to day operations.
- It could get much better by auto-coloring parts of the SQL code to show connections to certain tables and auto correcting any grammatical issues with capitalization that identifies certain fields, queries, or tables.
- Importing from excel can be interesting because it draws from the first sheet of an excel document by default and makes users have to slide data around to get a proper input into MS Access.
- Having templates for buttons, navigation pages, and more customization tools for these areas within MS Access.
- Very positive ROI as it is a relatively inexpensive way of achieving the basic business requirements and objectives.
- Great for a startup company environment, offering a program fully functioning without additional fees and service charges that allows for initial data to be recorded within an organization with reliability.
- Could get a little bit more out of the reporting tools, as too much time can be taken to design the form after initial wizard setup. This negative impact can be overcome, but a more fluid reporting system would be ideal.
Access is the perfect option for small to medium sized groups that would like a simple user interface within the array of Microsoft suite applications
Options such as Teradata, Oracle, and Zoho applications offer much more complex versions of a database, but cost much more than Access and do no have some of the easier user inputting tools, such as design view.
Options such as Teradata, Oracle, and Zoho applications offer much more complex versions of a database, but cost much more than Access and do no have some of the easier user inputting tools, such as design view.