I have a project I've been wanting to do for several years and I believe Access is the way to go with it. Problem is, I do not know how to write code & Access really confuses me. I usually can figure out computer programs but this one has my mind twisted. Let me tell you a little about the project I need help getting started with.
I work in Quality Control at a metals manufacturing company. One of my responsibilities is our Calibration System. Unfortunately, the calibration records are recorded in an Excel Workbook. (I inherited it this way
). The workbook has a tab for each month, and a tab named Used IDs. The Used IDs tab is a list of tools, IDs & who owns them (sorted by Column A, then by Column B).
Calibrations are done on an annual basis & recorded in the Cal WB. A record of the calibration is kept for 3 years. Some tools are not calibrated annually but done every 3 years, but there are only a few.
Each month I have to go through each tool (gage ID), copy the rows of the last two years (on each ID) and past it on top of the oldest record. Then I will change the last entry to mm-22 mm-23, in columns L & M respectively, delete the entries in the Standards Used & Measurements for the 22-23 year & enter the new data when I am able to do the calibration. If that sounds exhausting to you, that's because it is!!
I've attached a copy of the workbook to this post. If you look at the June tab, you'll see what I'm talking about
My question(s) is/are, can you tell me where to start? I initially started by importing the information from the Used IDs tab into Access, but that is where I get a bit stuck. I don't know what's next & the wizard doesn't help me very much. I don't know what the different tables should be named, how many there should be or what data should be in each them. Nor do I know what would be the best primary key for which table, or which table to relate to which table, and...
. It's so overwhelming to me.
I envision being able to create a form to fill out after the db is set up, but I just can't get there
. Can anyone dumb this down for me?
I work in Quality Control at a metals manufacturing company. One of my responsibilities is our Calibration System. Unfortunately, the calibration records are recorded in an Excel Workbook. (I inherited it this way
). The workbook has a tab for each month, and a tab named Used IDs. The Used IDs tab is a list of tools, IDs & who owns them (sorted by Column A, then by Column B).Calibrations are done on an annual basis & recorded in the Cal WB. A record of the calibration is kept for 3 years. Some tools are not calibrated annually but done every 3 years, but there are only a few.
Each month I have to go through each tool (gage ID), copy the rows of the last two years (on each ID) and past it on top of the oldest record. Then I will change the last entry to mm-22 mm-23, in columns L & M respectively, delete the entries in the Standards Used & Measurements for the 22-23 year & enter the new data when I am able to do the calibration. If that sounds exhausting to you, that's because it is!!
I've attached a copy of the workbook to this post. If you look at the June tab, you'll see what I'm talking aboutMy question(s) is/are, can you tell me where to start? I initially started by importing the information from the Used IDs tab into Access, but that is where I get a bit stuck. I don't know what's next & the wizard doesn't help me very much. I don't know what the different tables should be named, how many there should be or what data should be in each them. Nor do I know what would be the best primary key for which table, or which table to relate to which table, and...
. It's so overwhelming to me. I envision being able to create a form to fill out after the db is set up, but I just can't get there
. Can anyone dumb this down for me?
