I've got a column named 'Shift' in my MS Access table.
This column, however, does not display in the table's view.
I can write a query to filter on the Shift column (like show all WHERE Shift='1'), and the query works, but the column is never visible through the MS Access interface.
It doesn't hurt anything, but it is really frustrating that I can't get it to display.
Maybe you accidentally hide it, try this steps
On the Format menu, click Unhide Columns.
In the Unhide Columns dialog box, select the names of the columns that you want to show.
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I am currently building a MS Access database as a project #Work.
The Database is fed with a huge, not sorted Table DataQueryExport, and the objective is to create a GUI that makes that huge table workable.
Now to the question:
I have a textfield Comment that is supposed to show a comment to a specific data entry WorkID. The WorkID Is stored in a seperate table called WorkID_Comments which is filled via SQL query. The Table WorkID_Commentshas 2 columns, WorkIDand Comment.
The GUI has a ComboBox WorkID_Combo, where you can select a specific WorkID from the main Table DataQueryExport. This exact value is what is supposed to be used as a reference to show the comment for that WorkID.
TL:DR; I need the Comment Box to show and store the Text I wrote for that Value selected in the ComboBox. How do I get the Textfield to show the Value from the Table WorkID_Comments.Comments where the Value in WorkID_Combo(View ComboBox) is the same as WorkID_Comments.WorkID
I apologize beforehand for any weird capitalizations, I am used to it, German is my main language.
Thank you for reading, I am thankful for any response.
Build a query in the query designer with your needed columns (If I understood it correctly: ID and the Comment).
Then go to your combobox and chose under properties recordsource table/query and your designed query.
Now you can specify which colums should be shown and use the ID as the value in the background.
Then bind another query to your form (here is the text you wrote as column) which is linked to the ID from the combox. Put a textbox in the form and use the column as source.
Is there an expression that I can use in MS Access ,to highlight Duplicate entries in Reports?
I tried something like Expression is : Count(*)>1 but it doesn't work.
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I suspect that the original query will need to be bulked up with a sub-query that has an ID column and count of ID. The outermost query will then need to also return the ID count.
Within the report you'd then need add another field that would show the linked ID count if it was > 1.
Access reporting (and forms) allows conditional formatting to be used in a similar way to excel.
See Ribbon: Report Design Tools>Formt>ControlFormatting...
It will let you change the format of a control depending on the value it, or another control, contains.
It's a very nice feature and will also let you add bar charts to you list forms to graphically represent the values sorted in a control.
However, the data set will need to have a column that indicates whether the current row has duplicate records. The snippet from you current query that you provided (that I repeat below) will not do this:
...OR (((Object.Key) In (SELECT [Key] FROM [Object] As Tmp GROUP BY [Key] HAVING Count(*)>1 )));
Without seeing the whole query I can't really help much, but you will need to remove the use of IN and make the SELECT statement a subquery of the main SQL Statement. The main query resultset will need to be LEFT JOINED to the sub query using the Key field. Because of the LEFT JOIN you can use "isnull(Key)" in the SELECT clause and isnull(Key) will be true for non-duplicate rows.
You can then refer to thiscolumn in your conditional formatting
I hope this makes some sense.
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For a quick and dirty way to highlight duplicate data:
Select the object you want to highlight if it's duplicated, and make
the background white (or whatever the colour of your background is).
Create a copy of the object that you want highlighted if it's
a duplicate.
Format the copy so it has a highlight, and/or add extra text
(eg: DUPLICATE)
Put the copy behind the original (so it can't be seen).
On the original object, select "Hide duplicates" in properties.
Ensure "Hide duplicates" is NOT selected on the copy.
So when the duplicate appears, Access will hide it, but then the object you've created that was originally hidden beneath now becomes visible - effectively highlighting the field.
(Unfortunately it will only highlight the field itself, not the entire section.)
I have a temporary table that is created from a series of query with a VBA code. The name and number of fields in the table changes with the results of the queries.
Right now I simply open the table with DoCmd.OpenTable.
What I would like to do is display the table in a form so I can include some buttons for example to allow the user to export the table.
I tried a listbox but the formatting was not good and I can't add horizontal scroll bar to see all fields.
I tried a subform populated from the table, but it would not adapt to the changes of the table (fields and numbers).
Any Idea of what can I do next ?
the subform seems to be a good idea. When your table is ready to be shown, you can assign it to a subform object via Me.subFormName.SourceObject = "Table.tableName"
(of cource "subFormName" and "tableName" have to be replaced by the actual names of the subform and the table)
I have a query that will be populating a form and then the form will allow the data set to be edited. The issue I am having is that the query is pulling the last row that is normally used to add a new record. This results in having a row that looks shows all fields as blank, but leaves one field with "null".
I played around with the query and was able to find a workaround by selecting "distinct" records, problem is that when you select with distinct, you cannot edit the data set. Is there any other way around this?
I can upload an example of the database if needed.
Thanks!
edit: picture to show the issue: https://imgbomb.com/i/?rO1sp
This is a problem that has stumped me for a couple of days, and one I've been trying to work on. Unfortunately I very new to working on this stuff, and don't have a lot of resources trying to solve this problem, so if I am unclear or you have a question please post a comment about it.
The problem I am trying to tackle is this:
After getting external data from a SQL Server and having a table in a spreadsheet, say the is called Products, and has columns for productid (column A), productname (column B), supplierid (column C), and categoryname (column D). Is there a way to define a cell, say E1 where you use can use VBA to create a dynamic query. In this dynamic query you would enter some value of categoryname where it would query the table, and give you the results?
It is possible to perform a dynamic query without using any VBA.
Base your table on "From Microsoft Query" (under the "Get External Data" group on the Data tab). Build your query using the Query Wizard, selecting the table columns of interest. On the "Query Wizard - Filter Data" tab, where you would normally say a particular column must have a specific value, instead of the specific value, use just a question mark (for any and all columns that need to be used to filter). When you return your data to Excel, you will be prompted to "Enter Parameter Value" for each ? you used. Just click OK at this stage.
When the Excel "Import Data" dialog appears, click "Properties...". On the Definition tab click the button labelled "Parameters...". For each parameter, choose to "Get the value from the following cell" and to "Refresh automatically when cell value changes". Click the red arrow button (to select a cell) and click in the cell where each parameter will get its value from.
It's a good idea to have a label alongside each cell, and maybe special formatting for the data entry cell. The results table can be on the same worksheet as the parameter entry cells, when you enter a value in the entry cell, a new query will be run and the result will be displayed.
Here is a link that might help.
It goes into using VBA to filter.
I found it a while ago when I looked for something similar, hope it helps.