Hi. I'd like to create a database that uses an excell spreadsheet as a list price basis. (as I can download it from our venders). Then be able to update prices by using different multipliers to list pricing. This wou;d actually be the basis of a much broader database, but I'd like to make this a strong foundation for the rest of it. Future parts to include invoices that will lookup prices from the list, quotes and inventory management. Just wanna work on the pricing part for now. I can do some very basic stuff, am reading books to try to learn some more. any help would be appreciated.
I'm importing data from Excel to Access using Access VBA which works fine that sheet name is first sheet in workbook. However, if multiple sheets exists in the workbook and that particular sheet can be 2 sheet, 3 sheet or any sheet. In that case how to search particular sheet name and import in access. Below is the code I have used for importing the data.
Hi I've been trying to get my head around this and after coming up with no search results Gonna ask for ya help.
I've attached a jpg which uses sample data so nobody needs worry as the program displayed will still be available free.
What I'm trying to do is:-
Should a user build programs for general sale they can then sell the first copy at full price but should a customer wish to install other copies then the user will have the option of selling additional copies at decreasing rates depending on how many copies a client purchasesHas so saying that looking at the jpg if I was to bye a program for a network of 20 systems and want to install legal copies on each I would pay the full price for copy 1 and £75 For copies 2-20
My thinking is I first check for any multiie prices for a product when the productID is selected then if that returns >0 then I need to check the invoice system to see if a client has already payed for X copies that way I can get the correct price for the EstimateInvoice.
The Problem I'm having is I can't seem to get my head around the getting the correct record as it uses a low and high number with a listed price Please see Jpg I have been thinking of using Between Low and High of Low >= X And High<=Y But that's bothering me as I'm not sure if it would just return one record. If returned more than one record maybe I could use sorting to get me the lowest price for X & Y but I don't feel happy with that?.
We have created a database (electrical contractor) of all our customers, invoices, work orders, etc. and been using since 2000. I have created 'not billed' reports and queries for specific types of jobs. Next step for me has been to create a db for our products we purchase from vendors. they can be the same product from different vendors, or same type of product from same vendor but different manufacturer.
We use this to order inventory, check contract prices once we receive invoices from vendor, and provide estimates to our customers so, there are many people looking to search different pieces. I have a good product base entered, and have been looking through sample templates to try to find a way to bring up similar items when you find 'widget1 from vendor1' i would like to click or show somehow 'related items' window?
I have a form that consist of many fields that the user needs to manually input data. 3 fields on that form are the criteria i need to determine which pricing to use back on the table. The first field, which name is LTYPE, is a combobox that the user needs to choose as its type (i.e 500,501,600,700). The second field, which name is EastCoast, is a checkbox (Yes/No) that tells me if it's East Coast (East = yes and West = No). The third field, which name is NewRenewal, is a combobox that the user chooses NEW or Renewal).
Example 1, if the user chooses type 501, checkbox is YES for East, Product is NEW. Then the pricing is $4,100
Example 2, if the user chooses type 700, checkbox is unchecked for NO (which is West), Product is Renewal. Then pricing is $3,300
I would like the unbound field to auto determine the pricing based on the 3 criterias chosen. I read around the forums that Dlookup would be the function for this, however, i tried many times but it did not work.
I have impotred a table of my MP3 music collection from Excel in to Access.
The Fields it contains are: "Artist" - "Album" - "Track Name" - "Track No." - & "Duration"
I would like an option to be able to list only the Artist & Albums - However, when I try I end up with a list of duplicate values for the Album field (as these relate to track 1, track 2, track , etc...)
I have an excel spreadsheet with 8 tabs. They are all in the same format and column order. They are employees grouped by region. My ultimate goal is to merge all of these onto one excel tab, relatively instantly. I created a master tab and tried doing array formulas and Vlookups, it worked but my spreadsheet was way too slow.
My solution? Import and link them to an Access database, step complete. Create an XML export then import into Excel.
My problem? The only way to update the excel tab with the combined tabs is to save the excel file after changes, go back into Access, re-export to XML, then go back into excel and refresh the data.
My questions, is there any way to automate this process to the point that I can change excel, save, then hit refresh on my excel tab with the XML import to auto-update?
I have a form named Welcome and have stored an unbound list box named lstExport which I would like to use to view and open (using the double click event) excel files that users will be saving in a specific folder on our server.
Can anybody help me with the code?
The excel files are saved in the following path: s:sharedfiles
A user reported that when exporting a list of people from a query to excel, certain people/records are not contained in the export. I took a look (old db mdb v2002-2003 access) and what I found was quite odd.
First, I opened the resultant xls and the first 25 rows or so are blank - which I thought was weird - were these the missing records?
Next I noticed that I forgot to close the xls when rerunning/testing the export using this:
When I was watching the open spreadsheet, I noticed that it was repopulated with records (I actually expected to get a 'file in use' error, but access carried on) replacing the data.
But lo' and behold! All the records were exported, including the 25 or so missing records at the top where the blank rows previously were located!?!?
I tried a few things... compact and repair on the front and back end of the mdb. Save at newer version of access (2007/accdb), even working locally in case there was some network lag or other issue... Same story... when running the export with the target file closed, the first ~25 records are dropped - but if the xls is already open it runs fine.
...and that does in fact produce the proper listing without missing records (with target file closed), but the "12" export causes the following message to pop up when opening the file:
"The file you are trying to open [filename] is in a different format than specified by the file extension. Verify that the file is not corrupted and is from a trusted source etc etc etc.. Do you want to open the file now?"
If I hit yes, the file opens and looks good - but why the error message?
how i can export the data from Access to excel using Access VBA for the specified sheet using data linkage with access database. Like we used to do it manually in excel as external data from access.Like we have some codes for linking excel file to database mentioned below;
Can we have something like this to link database table in excel file automatically.So that the excel size won't be that big and also it saves processing time.
I have a stock control database which i have nearly completed. This has Manufacturer, which is linked to products, which is linked to Sub Product(which also has field partCode). i.e. Manufacturer1 can have 3 products, and each of these products could have 5 subsystems and partcodes. Each partcode is unique to that subsystem/product/manufacturer.
I then have a pricing spreadsheet in excel, which has many tabs. A new column has been added for each item for Manufacturer,Product,Subsystem and Partcode.
I need to import these manufacturers,products,subsystems and partcodes, but into the tables with the correct relationships, i.e. product1 and product2 are products of manufacturer1 and so cannot come under manufacturer2, and so on.
I hope this makes sense, Thanks in advance for any help you can give!
We currently have a spreadsheet to track all of a clients medical's bills and keep a running total? I'm trying to decide whether to continue to track these medical bills in the spreadsheet or create a table and make it a part of the client db. I'm leaning toward keeping the spreadsheet. It seems to be a task a spreadsheet was designed for and I can link it to the db or import it as needed. Any opinions on which is better? What would be the reason to to give up the spreadsheet and make it a part of the db?
I'm new to Access. I Work in excel but the Sheets start to have many records and, sometimes it's difficult to apply the formulas. My doubt is: It´s possible to make with the Access "everything" that i make with Excel. Example I apply formulas like: =IF(ISNA(VLOOKUP('[Total.xls]2006'!B2;$A$2:$AG$802;33;FALSE));"";IF(ISBLANK(VLOOKUP('[Total.xls]2006'!B2;$A$2:$AG$802;33;FALSE));"";VLOOKUP('[Total.xls]2006'!B2;$A$2:$AG$802;33;FALSE)))
Apologies if I have placed this in the wrong section but thought it was more access than excel.
I would like to on clicking a button, which simply has a close command behind it, for the database to zip the spreadsheet which it has just exported information to.
I have had a look round and tried to use the backup of database idea but could not convert it and did not know enough myself to change it.
I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me here.
I have a question. Is it possible to create new worksheet in Access using VBA code?
What happen is that i have a form in Access that would export data from Access to Excel. I know that i could use the built-in feature provided in Access to export to excel. But because i guess i want to be more flexible in managing the data on excel spreadsheet. So would it be possible to write the excel programming in the Access?
Does anyone know where can I find a tutorial for working Access with Excel? I receive regulary a spreadsheet with information that I need to copy to the access database. I can do this manualy but I would like a query that could do it for me.
Excel in Access (Part 2) (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=143607) Excel in Access (Part 3) (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=143970)
Video Version HERE: (http://msaccesshintsandtips.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=948619%3ABlogPost%3A7031)
How to use the Normalization Form (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=143983)
Problem for Excel Developers One of the problems facing Excel developers moving into MS Access is actually the apparent similarity between MS Access tables and Excel spreadsheets.
MS Access is NOT Excel This similarity of the “look” in both programs, the layout of the data, leads to the Excel developer mistakenly thinking that a database works in a similar way to a spreadsheet.
Flat File Database Spreadsheets are very sophisticated tools for manipulating figures, and they can also handle data very well particularly in the form of a “flat file database”. You can also use the flat file approach in MS Access, however MS Access is primarily a relational database, meaning that it has the ability to relate tables of information together.
Relational It is by taking advantage of this relational property of the database that you can really make significant improvements to data handling. So if you have a spreadsheet that requires upgrading to a database to take advantage of this, then this article is for you.
Typical Spreadsheet Layout Below is an example which shows columns that you would typically find in a spreadsheet, first name, last name for example. Then a variety of subjects, with a check box against each indicating that the subject has been taken, passed or possibly even failed!
Flat File is OK A direct transfer of this spreadsheet layout into an MS Access table would be usable and indeed many Access databases are constructed in this way, and some sophisticated applications costing many hundreds of pounds are based on a flat file system. However as mentioned earlier, MS Access is a “relational” database, meaning that it has the ability to relate your data together.
You’re Not Relational???? So how and why should you apply a Relational structure? Well it solves a lot of problems, there are many but I have noted the main ones below.
Uncharted Territory The first most common problem I have noticed on forums for people with similarly designed tables imported from a spreadsheet is that they find it difficult to extract useful information, and this is one of the major reasons that you should consider constructing your new database in a different manner to your spreadsheet, no doubt you will be able to come up with your own unique methods of extracting the data, however you will find there is little help available, not because no one wants to help you, but because you are embarking into uncharted territory, “where no man has gone before” (student is a good substitute for “man”).
Maintenance Another reason, (not in any particular order of importance, the significance will change from project to project) what happens if you need to add an extra subject? Let’s say the school starts offering French lessons, in the spreadsheet all you would do is add a new column “French” and indeed in your MS Access database you could also add a new column “French”, however if the construction of your database is well advanced, in other words you have many queries and forms based on the table you are adding a new field to, then you will have to modify every single query and form that extracts information from this table, not something you want to do often!
Column Limit Many modern spreadsheet programs can handle thousands of columns; however MS Access has a 255 limit to the number of fields in any particular table. So in the student table example, if you were at the 255 limit and you needed to add another subject then you would find yourself in a difficult position.
Relational Solution So what’s the solution? This is the part that is sort of counter intuitive, you actually construct two tables from the original table and link them together. This is the “relational” aspect of the database coming into play.
How? If you look at the original layout of the data above you can ask questions about it, is there any data in the original table that is related? Looking at it, I would suspect all of the boolean columns (the check box columns, yes/no data) they are all the same, so they are a likely candidate for a separate table. And indeed there is an obvious name for this new table, they are all “subjects” that the student is or could take.
The New Table So now you have a name for the new table, “Subjects” and to link it to the data remaining in the original table, (first name,- last name) it will need to have a field which contains a match to the RecordUniqueID field. For this example let’s call this “MatchingID” then you need a field to record the subject and another field to record whether it is true or false. For the purposes of this demonstration I have terms these “TransposedSubject” and “TransposedData” and you can see what this should look like below:
Free Normalization Tool (see attachment) How do you get that new table you may ask? Well originally it was quite a tedious task, especially if you had many columns of data to move, you had to construct an append query and append each column. However I realized it may be a process that would lend itself to automation of some sort, and I came up with a form for handling this. This is my “Beta” version, and to make it “better” I need feedback!
Feedback!!! Please be good enough to download the attached database and experiment, please tell me where it can be improved, where it's wrong and where I could do things better. Cheers Tony
Please note I have updated the attached form, Minor changes only. (10th Feb 2008 5.30pm)
Part 2 now available HERE: (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=143607)
I was importing the large array of accounting data into Access from Excel through File - Get External Data - Import. Several columns contained tangible accounting data (e.g. registration numbers) that had different formats like "23423 34", "32-3545" and in some cases even contained letter constants. Therefore, I have assigned TEXT type to this column while importing and was sure that all values are going to be stored as text. However, what has happened is: 18307769 turned into 1.83078e+007! this means tangible accounting data that was used as a key field for further linking turned into bull&&$%! :-(
I know this problem is very simple, so please, can you give me a hint as to how do I solve it in the future.
Thank you in advance.
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Is there a way to open an Excel file in the background, run an Excel macro to format the data as I need it, then import/append data into my Access table all with one button click?
Very new to access, having a little trouble :/ trying to combine 2 excel sheets in a Access DB.
I am able to import each sheet individually but I cant seem to get them to combine.
In each sheet their is 7 columns, 300 rows, with one similar column "Serial_Number" per sheet so what I wanted to do was combine both Excel sheets by using the S/N column, and keeping both sets of information intact.
For instance if the 1st excel sheet was the following. ¦ 1 ¦ 2 ¦ 3 ¦ Serial Number ¦ 4 ¦ 5 ¦ 6 ¦
And the 2nd was ¦ A ¦ B ¦ C ¦ D ¦ E ¦ Serial Number ¦ F ¦
I would like to combine them to equal in any order ¦Serial Number ¦ 1 ¦ 2 ¦ 3 ¦ ¦ A ¦ B ¦ C ¦ D ¦ E ¦ 4 ¦ 5 ¦ 6 ¦
Is this possible? I will have to eventually do this to a couple of Excel sheets so it would be handy if the process was repeatable.
i have a form in my database that on a buttons on click event it creates a excel spreadsheet. my question is there a way that when the spreadsheet is created instead of over writing the data already created in my spreadsheet that i would be able to to just add to it.
