Verifying Records By Comparing With Multiple Standards
Jul 2, 2007
Okay that Title sounds confusing, but so is this task. Let me explain what I'm trying to do:
I work for a property management company and I'm trying to build a database that will allow me to catalog the inventory of furniture in several (thousand) rooms in several different buildings.
There are several types of rooms on campus all with different requirements. I want to eventually create a "standard" inventory list for every TYPE of room and then compare the actual inventory of each room to the standard inventory of each TYPE of room to make sure it is correct. The problem is that every room has several possible acceptable standards.
I was thinking that for each TYPE of room I could have several possible standards and then run a query that returns all rooms that do not match any of their standards. Does this sound doable? Any suggestions for how I might run that? Am I in way over my head? haha
I am probably not alone in having a database which has grown over time in a slightly undisciplined way, in that standards have not been consistently applied. It's quite a large database by my standards : 20+ tables, 50 queries, 40 forms/subforms, a handful of reports and lots of VBA. It's working fine so there's no way I can justify restarting from scratch, but it can be hard to maintain, particularly when working out the type and scope of fields, variables and controls.
How to introduce a consistent naming convention retrospectively ? This seems easy enough within modules, it's identifying where things are used within forms that has me worried. I would want to use the Reddick conventions.
I need to compare records in the same table. I know that this is typically accomplished by joining the table with itself. However, this is not entirely suitable for my needs. I need to compare the first record to every other record - excluding itself - and then compare the second record to every other record excluding itself AND the first record. I want to continue this pattern for all the records. Is there any way I could go about doing this? Any help would be much appreciated.
I'm trying to 'rank' x5 categories that overlap. To determine the ranking i'm utilising date & time (if the dates are equal). I've managed to do this comparing x2 of the categories but struggling with the logic for x3,x4 & x5 categories
I have the data in separate tables by category date & time and in one large table.
Hoping someone can assist as my head is starting to hurt.
I am trying to compare/relate two columns in two tables to each other in access, where the results shoud return similarities among both colums from both tables.Even if one column has some parts of it. Example; T1 T2 Name Members John Johnson.kay mike mike Daniel Danielson.mic Richard Richardson
I tried; "like[T1.Name]*" in the criteria section of Members.Need Help pls.
We have an "item" table that contains information specific to an item (the item number is unique); and multiple "production line" tables. There is a relationship between the Items table and the Production Line tables (all 8 of them). Each item can be entered on 1 or more production line tables because one item may be produced on multiple lines and the settings vary based on the line they're produced. When entering an item in the Production table we MUST make a selection from the Item table.
Now, what I want to do is identify which item number(s) from the Items table does not have a specific field entry in ANY of the Production Line tables.
I have been searching on here and have not found an answer, could be due to me not seeing it or its not here. I have a multi part question.
Anyways, here is what I have. I am getting data from a time clock, which dumps the data into an access database. It dumps the data as EmployeeNumber (Number), DateTime(text). I use the format command and make a new table to give me EmployeeNumber(Number), Date(text), Time(text).
Question 1:How can I convert these to date and time fields instead of text fields?
After I do that I need to be able to compare the records within the table, such as: I need to check to see if the date is the same between one record and the one above it (assume that I have sorted this correctly) if the date is the same then I need to subtract the first record from the second record to give me the number of hours between the two records.
Question 2: How would I go about comparing those records in the same table?
Thanks in advance to those who can help. Even ways not to do this would be good.
I have a simple database that a user records the work they have done for the day. They are required to fill out the form with the item number, date, qty etc... the problem is some people are fat fingering things and i am not getting the right item numbers... I have a table called dbo_item with all the possible item numbers in it, is it possible that after they hit enter or click off the item number box it will tell them they put in an invalid item if it doesn't match one of the items from that table?
I have a form and one of the text fields I need to verify against data in a table. I think the best way is to check the field once it loses focus on that text field. If the data is not in the table then the user is prompt with a msg "Invalid data, Please try again". I'm using Access 2010 to develop. I need query to run the validation.
What I need to do is compare these records in the following fashion:
Identify pairs of records where ConsumerID is the same AND AuthStart dates are successive. Then compare PSRUnits of more recent record (by AuthStart) with the previous record (by AuthStart) and determine the change of PSRUnits between them. If change is positive, "Gain" in field PSRChange, "Loss" for a loss, "None" for no change, and "Null" if there is an error due to no previous record to compare with. Do the same with BSTUnits/BSTChange
I've tried adding the following fields, but this did not work
PrevEnd: (Select Max(AuthEnd) from tblAuthorizations Where AuthEnd < Auths.[AuthStart]) PrevBST: DLookUp("[BSTUnits]","tblAuthorizations","AuthEnd=" & [PrevEnd] And "ConsumerID=" & [ConsumerID])
Very new to access, I need an easy way to compare 2 tables with a common field (the name field) and list just the records that appear in the second table but not the first (primary) table.
I want to make a query that results in displaying records that have the same IP-address where the difference in the date/time stamp is within 1 minute. When the date/time stamp is > 1 minute the record can be deleted from the table.
I have a form with 15 unbound text boxes (daily temperatures) and what I am trying to do after entering the temperatures into the text boxes the user clicks an add button which will add 15 new records into the temperature table
I need to count records based on multiple criteria from two different tables. I have two tables (i.e. "tblTasks" and "tblTaskHistory"). The tables have a one-to-many relationship based on the "TaskID" field. "tblTasks" has a field called "AssignedTo" and "tblTaskHistory" has a field called "TaskStatus". I need to know how many tasks have been "reopened", the "reopened" status is located in the "TaskStatus" field in "tblTaskHistory". I need this count against a unique listing of employees which can be found in the "AssignedTo" field in "tblTasks".
I have a table (tbl Team Info) which contains names and codes for teams within my business (>400 records) and another table (tbl Process) which contains a list of high level tasks (30 records).
I need to create something where for each team name 9in tbl Team Info) I can map them to the tasks that they undertake (in tbl Process) and assign a percentage of time then spend on each task. Each team could map to several different tasks.
Here is the situation that I'm hoping that someone can help me with. I'm working with a database that tracks our condo units - from prospect coming into the system until we close them as a buyer. All the units are setup in the system so a salesperson will select from the units available. All that works fine when I create reports. The problem is trying to get the parking and storage on the same reports with the unit information. The problem is that there are multiple parking/storage units "attached" to a single unit and I cannot figure out how to get them to all appear on a single row of the report. As an example -
I have units A, B, C Parking units p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6 Storage units s1,s2,s3.
Unit A uses parking units p1, p2, p5 and storage unit s2.
Unit B uses parking unit p3 and storage unit s1.
Unit C uses parking unit p4, p6 and storage unit s3.
How do I write a query/report that would show:
Unit Parking Storage Unit A p1, p2, p5 s2 Unit B p3 s1 Unit C p4,p6 s3
I have three tables. Risk, Names and RiskAndNamesJunction table. I have the junction table because I have many to many relation (meaning many people can be connected to one risk and many risks can be connected to one people).
The problem is that If I make a query to show the people related to the risks, if there are many people for one risk then it will put the people in different rows. Meaning that for risk 2 I will have three rows, because there are three people connected to this rows. See the attached file!
What I would like to do is to have a query which (in case there are more than one risk owners) puts the second name in another column, the third name in another column and so on. So I will have only one row per risks.
The attached file is a dummy file, so there are only maximum three names per risk. In the real file the maximum is five names per risk. So I am talking about no more then five extra columns. (So I am talking about a query which would put the first finding in the first extra column, then the second item in the second and so on till five. It there is no third or fourth or fifht item then the columns remain blank).
Unfortunately I have to do this because our mother company works with excel and they are sticking to this format in excel.
I have a database with a table with company names, then a relationship to another table that shows that companies' address, but I also want there to be an address 2 and 3 and so on, and some of our companies have multiple sites.So what Im asking is how would you be able to show multiple data, on a sing record.
I have a DB where you there's 5 tables all linked together by one project ID
tables below
Project , Staff, Asset, allowances, travel, mark up
What I can do is create a new project, then add records to each of the other tables on what different items I require,
i.e. I create a new project - called project one, in the project table I create a record stating, name, time scale, client and location, then I add different records to each of the other tables on what I require all linked to the same project ID. (probably not explained that too well)
Now I want to create a query that lists all the requirements one after the other this will make it easier to create reports and to calculate costing's.
At the moment I have made 5 different queries listing all the data, then have one report containing 5 sub reports to display the data, no this does work.
I am trying to manage a contract price from month to month. Every month, some portion (or none) of the total contract will be completed. I have a form in which the user enters 'Amt Completed this Pay Period.' Then the 'Total Completed To Date' is automatically calculated by adding the 'Amt Completed this Pay Period' to the 'Previously Completed Amt.' I would then like to use the new 'Total Completed to Date' as the next months 'Previously Completed Amt.'
Basically, I am trying to calculate a value in a form for one entry, and then passing that value to another entry to use. Does anyone know how I would pass this info along?
I'm doing a Schedule Adherence Report in Access. One table has the schedule start time and stop time. The second table has exception times (lunches, breaks, etc). Both tables have the common denominator of a unique Schedule ID. How do I bring them together with repetitive Schedule records from the first table. What I get is the following:
ID Code Time Code Time 1 Open 12:00 Break 2:00 1 Open 12:00 Lunch 4:00 1 Open 12:00 Break 6:00
What I want is the following:
ID Code Time Code2 Time Code3 Time Code4 Time 1 Open 12:00 Break 2:00 Lunch 4:00 Break 6:00
I have drafted a simple VBA code in a form button that takes the result calculated in a query and pastes the result into a table. I have attached my test database to illistrate..In my attached database, i have a list of 5 records, i am wanting to push the calculation button have all the records updated with the result that is calculated in the query in 1 go.
As it stands right now i have to do it one at a time per record, which is not preferable when there are potentially hundreds or thousands of lines. I am wanting to do this because i want to reduce my reliance on calculated cells in forms and reports where i have to draft long formulae across 3 separate queries to get the result i am looking for.
I want to anaylse Premium (contained in the Sales Data Table) against Claims (contained in the Claims Data Table). The result I want to achieve is to show a loss ratio (Premium / Claims as a %). I need to show this on a per policy basis (each Table has a Policy Number Column).
Im new to Access and do not know how to go about this.
