I am very new to Access and I tried to make a project database based on one of built-in templates. Then I entered design view to add new columns, but the new columns wont work properly. When I enter data in my new column, it automatically fills all rows in that column with the same data. The other columns from the template works fine.
View RepliesI'm looking for a keyboard shortcut to expand the columns in "design view" of a query.
What I mean by this is rather than selecting all of the columns and double clicking to see the entire text, I'd like to be able to a shortcut.
The entire process as I see it involves 3 steps so I will need thesolution to the 3rd step.
(1) [ctrl+spacebar] to select initial column
(2) [shift+arrows] to select all of the columns I need
(3) [keyboard shortcut] will expand all of the columns "field" names to the size of the column heading
Alternatively, if you know of a shortcut that will expand the columns without having to select them first I'll take it!!
Lets say I have the follow Tables:
Code:
Outfits:
ID | Top Color ID | Bottom Color ID
1 2 1
2 3 4
Colors:
ID | Name
1 Red
2 Blue
3 Green
4 Orange
I'd like to have a query in design view to have the following result
Code:
Outfit ID | Top Color Name | Bottom Color Name
1 Blue Red
2 Green Orange
In design view, I can link "Color ID" to "Top Color ID" and "Bottom Color ID" but I don't know how to specify in the GUI to create "Top Color Name" and "Bottom Color Name".
I was able to use the UNION ALL qry. But, when I have another file (like original2) that does NOT have all the columns listed in the UNION ALL qry, I get a Parameter value box asking for the missing columns when I run the qry.
Example:
original1IDDateGroupChristianJohnnySteve 18/5/2013A1528/5/2013B338/5/2013C2348/5/2013D2358/5/2013E5
original 2IDDateGroupChristianJohnny18/6/2013A212528/6/2013B2338/6/2013C2248/6/2013D22
The UNION ALL qry includes all the possible resources ( includes all the possible column fields Christan, Johnny, and Steve).
When I run the UNION ALL qry with the original2 file, An "Enter Parameter Value" box is displayed with the mssing column name "Steve".
Is there a way to Map the original2 table into a working table with all the columns, or use VBA code to construct the UNION ALL qry to only include the existing columns? My data has variable columns and I'm trying to avoid the parameter popups.
I am trying to convert a table that looks like the following...
Customer Name SumofSum of Bill Rate Reviewer
000462 John 500 Mike
000224 Mike 900 Jeff
I would like to covert it to....
Customer 000462 000224
Name John Bill
SumOfSum.. 500 900
Reviewer Mike Jeff
I don't think Access has any functions for this but I am not 100% sure. I know this can be done in a Module but I am not sure of how to code it.
I have a Form which I have linked correctly to a subform. The Text boxes are showing in the Design view but are not when one switches to the Form View. Labels for Fields are visible in the Form View. Have even created a new subform and that will also not display the Text Boxes.
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhy the ability to view the properties of an object within a form is not available when you double click on it in design view?
I was happily working away double clicking on a command button to edit some code when for some reason the next time I tried to edit it did not open up for me.
I was unable to access it even by right clicking on the object & selecting properties as that also appears to be disabled, not greyed out or anything but just does nothing when selected.
Have I inadvertently changed a setting somewhere that prevents the properties from being displayed?
Anybody ever heard of this before? I open a form, and it is empty, just a blank window. I open the same form in Design View, all appears well. :mad:
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a table called NewTransactions_tbl that I have been using for some time. I am trying to add a new field called CustomerProjectNumber. It's not being displayed when I look at the table view. I've attached an image showing the settings for the field. I am probably missing something obvious.
Any ideas why it is not showing?
I am using Access 2000.
I have a sub form in DataSheet view and I would like to lock the design so that the User should not change the layout
Even when I set the property of the Datasheet “Allow Design Changes: Design View Only” users are able to unhide the hidden columns and they can also change the size of the column by dragging the column end line
Does any one know how to lock the design of datasheet ( I am using this sub form datasheet for data entry but do not want users to change the layout)
Thanks
Rahul
Hi,
I have some queries that I created in 97 and convert to Access 2000.
However, when I go to query DESIGN view, I would like to see all the contents of long functions (iif) that I wrote for some fields as a result of running the query, but each field only shows a portion of it (as if it was truncated). I also use the "Zoom..." of that field or Shift+F2, still the same thing, only shows portion of it, the last portion was truncated.
Do any of you know HOW to show all, so I can check and revise if I need to, pllllllease.
Thank so much,
I'm affraid my confusing topic title is an indicator of how confused I am by this. I can't even understand the variables well enough to fully utilize Access Help or the Search function here...
What I have is a database hat has column headers that look something like this:
Customer_Name, Order_Date, Qty_Ord, Unit_Price, Total_Price
What I'm trying to get is a query output that will have
Customer_Name, Total Orders (in Dollars) for January, Total Orders (in Dollars) for February, Total Orders (in Dollars) for March, etc.
I've been able to set it up to SUM for one month, but not multiples.
I know I'm totally lame (for proof read any of my previous posts) but you guys totally bailed me out the other time I asked a lame question.
Thanks in advance!
I seem to be having an issue with a split form I've been working on. I created this split form on Monday and it was working just fine but today, I have added a couple minor text boxes. Since then, I can view the form contents in Design View but when I switch to "Form View" or "Layout View", it's all gone minus the logo in the top left corner and the title for the split form.
View 12 Replies View RelatedI know how to put things on to the clipboard, DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdCopy
I just want to view the current contents of the clipboard in access 2003 using vba.
I Found this code whilst searching for a solution:-
Dim DataObj As New MSForms.DataObject
DataObj.GetFromClipboard
MyString = DataObj.GetText
But it needs the Microsoft Forms2 Object Library
This is not in the list of references, how to get it?
Or how to read the clipboard a different way.
You know how normally in design view there would be a table at the bottom of the screen where you can drag your fields from the view above.
Well, I have a query where this table view has disappeared ?
I can edit the query in SQL view, the query works, just the table view is missing.
Ever happened to anyone else ? I've done the obvious and scrolled down as far as I can and nope, it's not there ??? :confused:
I am wondering why the alteration to my form in design view is not reflected in the "normal" form view. I have included the two views. In design view I moved "Staff In"/"Staff ID" to the top of the form believing that as I work left to right thay would appear on the left hand side in normal view.
However, in the image of "normal" view you can see that "Staff In" is way over on the right hand side of the form.
Any ideas how I can fix this?
Thank you
http://www.btinternet.com/~peter_paterson/Access/SubFormDesign.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~peter_paterson/Access/SubformFormView.jpg
After reading many of the posts here, I decided that one of the problems with the tables in the db I was working on was in the primary keys. I had used the same field name as the primary key in all of my tables. This was RecipID, which was a user entered textbox with an example in a label beside it showing the format to use.
After reading stuff here, I decided this wasn't a good idea. So I changed RecipId to be an autonumber in the parent table (Household_Info) and a long integer foreign key in the children. Also, I added some fields to the parent table to identify the head of household (lastname, firstname)
I already had a continuous form made with a subform and a pop-up form associated with it based on my previous tables. Reran the query underlying the form, and the new fields showed up in the field list box for the form. The fields are all still present in design view, but I get a totally blank form in form view. I checked the forms recordsource and made sure that it was set to the new query.
Can anyone give me an idea about what I'm overlooking? Do I have to recreate the form?
(Sorry if this is a repeat of a question someone has already addressed, but I couldn't turn up any relevant threads after several hours of searching.)
Thanks, Charlotte
Hi all,
Is there a way i can transform through a query or vba?
A | B | C
701 70-6
701 70-7
701 70-9
702 70-1
702 70-3
..... etc
transform it to
701 | 70-6 | 70-7 | 70-9
702 | 70-1 | 70-3
703 ....
Thanks in advance
I'm filling in for someone who has a strange love for mail merge and now I need to covert employee history from a row to a column for the mail merge.
I currently have a list of employees and every change in position is listed as a new row. Since all employees are not the same some employees have more rows than others. What I need to do is move the history rows into columns. So what I'll end up with is one single row per employees with their history going to the right. Some employees will have more columns than others. I tried doing a crosstab but that will only let me pick one column from the original table.
I have three columns that I need repeated over and over to reflect their work history.
this is what im working with
Name or ID will be the key
Job start date
Job title
department
currently every one of theese fields is in a column but every entry has its own row.
I need a single row for every employee and the columns to repeat to the right to reflect every move.
Can someone help me :D I'm stuck :confused:
I doesnt matter if the output is in something other than access
I have a two tables in my database related to employee ratings
Employee
TokenID
Division
Band
PMRating
TokenID
H1
Now this statement
Code:SELECT DISTINCT Employee.Band FROM Employee
This would display me all the band levels within Employee table in each row..
Is there any way I could built a query to the Band names as seperate columns?
i'm doing this so as to display the average H1 rating for each Band level ..that is grouped by Employee.Division..
Hello All,
I have created a table in access with the following column headings:
ID, A, B, C, D, E.
Column ID contains 9 digits text;
Column A column contains email address;
---------------------------------
Column B contains Currency ($); |
Column C contains Currency ($); | Source Fields
Column D contains Currency ($); |
---------------------------------
Column E contains order number;
Now I need to normalize this table to produce a new table with this structure - UNION QUERY is ruled b/c i have more than the three source fields:
ID, Source, and AMT
Where -
ID: would equal to ID;
Source: would be the value of the heading such as B or C or D;
AMT: would be the currency value of each corresponding column.
Help with the Module or any other way to do this will be greatly appericated.
Thank you.
-testcode
Hello,
I'm helping someone can help me with a little problem I am having with a peculiar data arrangement in Access. I have the following scenario. My table is set up with the following columns:
AgentID Skill_1 Skill_2 Skill_3 Skill_4
100 51 52 53 54
I want to create a new table that arranges the data like this:
AgentID Skill
100 51
100 52
100 53
100 54
Does anyone have any suggestions how I can do this?
I have the following scenario and do not wish to use a crosstab for various reasons. I am combining three queries into one. The last query has information as follows:
Project Type Rev Budget
12345 Debt 100,000
23456 Impact 50,000
34567 Other 25,000
There are hundreds of these line items. The first two queries hold the project information as well and that would be the field that I would use to join each query. Currently the information above is in line form and I need to put it in column form to coincide with my other data. The final result needs to have the following column headings:
Project, Desc, Exp Budget, Expenses, Debt, Impact, Other, Rev Budget
Please note that the first four headings come from the first two queries so I have this taken care of. how do I change the query to put the Type by line item as a column heading and sum the Rev Budget accordingly without creating a table and doing appends or update queries? Can it be done in the query where I am combining the three queries?
I have extraction report from calculation program and dont have access to tables. When I import it to MS Access it looks like attached Sheet1. Is there a simple SQL query or VBA code which will allow me to import the data to new Sheet2 table? Fields 1,7&13 will always be the same and I want them to be column names, Fields 4, 10 &14 contains data which will be different each time I delete the old calculation from Sheet1 and import a new one. I would like to be done in Access as I have to import few hundred calculations and store it in Sheet2 table.
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi, I have data from a form on my website in a text file, that corresponds to each visitor's input, each 13 lines in the form belongs to one visitor, as shown (twice) at the end of this message.
What I would like to do is have each visitors inputs translated to ONE row, with 13 columns/fields each. It could be appended to the same table or preferably generated in a new one. Note, there are no blank fields, some won't have data after their title, i.e. addy_line_2: is often blank, but at the very least, addy_line_2: or another field name is always there.
It would ROCK if I could also automatically take the name of each field out, i.e. each name is continuous characters up to the : (colon) ...
Thanks in advance, my Access knowledge is obviously limited, I'm sure this is fairly simple!
The fields:
Phone: 213-555-1212
Submit: Continue
addy_line_1: 1000 Melrose Place
addy_line_2:
badge:
city: Los Angeles
email:
homegroup:
name:
program:
state: CA
volunteer:
zip:
Phone:
Submit: Continue
addy_line_1:
addy_line_2:
badge:
city:
email:
homegroup:
name:
program:
state:
volunteer:
zip:
thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you !!
Is it possible to total columns in a query? Right now, I have a query that produces the following column counts, but I'd like to total Pending, Overdue, etc. This data is being displayed in a subform.
Process Pending Overdue Total
-------------------------------------
Engineering 1 2 3
Procurement 0 6 6
<etc>
-------------------------------------
TOTAL 1 8 9 <- this is the line I want to add
Here's what the query (qryStatusRptB) looks like thus far:
Field: Process
Table: tblProcesses
Total: Group By
Field: Pending
Table: qryStatusRptA
Total: Sum
Field: Overdue
Table: queryStatusRptA
Total: Sum
Field: TotalRecords: Count(*)
Table:
Total: Expression
Can someone explain how to get the TOTAL ROW in here? (I can do it via another query, but that won't work since the data is displayed in a subform. I've tried crosstabs without success.)
Many thanks,
Christine