DGagnon819
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Good Morning,
I am new to Access and I welcome expert guidance on the relationships of my database. The database will be used to track employee training and although I've enjoyed limited success so far I'm hoping that eventually I'll get it right.
The database has to do just a few things so it doesn't have to be very complicated. It basically has to store employee, training event, and completed training event information. The attachment shows the tables and their relationships.
The are basically two types of training that the database needs to store. The first is training that applies to everyone and the other is training that only applies to certain job specialties. These types of training are identified by the ProjectMandatoryCode and the JobCode respectively.
The ProjectMandatoryCode is a default value that is automatically entered everytime a new employee is entered into the database (EmployeeInfo table) and it is also a default value when a training event is entered into the (TrainingEventInfo table) that applies to everyone. The employee JobCode is a selection when a new employee is entered into the EmployeeInfo table.
When the user wants to enter a training event that is job specific, they are able to select a JobCode from a combo box/option group and this code is written to the record. Selecting one button from the option group writes a default value (ProjectMandatoryCode) to the TrainingEventInfo table while selecting the other button enables the combo box so that a specific JobCode can be entered against the event.
Everything works fine except... so far I've been unable to produce a report that lists every training event that pertains to the employee whether it be ProjectMandatoryCode or JobCode related. I can query and produce completed events or a list of what events are required but nothing that is complete. Ideally, I should be able to produce a complete training plan for the employee which shows all necessary events and where the employee has completed the task I should be able to show the DateCompleted.
This failure has led me to doubt my table relationships since all my efforts at various query joins have failed. Is there anyone who could enlighten me so that I could learn from this, complete this task, and apply this new knowledge to future databases? To the person with the answer, thank you in advance for your assistance. Respectfully,
Dale Gagnon
I am new to Access and I welcome expert guidance on the relationships of my database. The database will be used to track employee training and although I've enjoyed limited success so far I'm hoping that eventually I'll get it right.
The database has to do just a few things so it doesn't have to be very complicated. It basically has to store employee, training event, and completed training event information. The attachment shows the tables and their relationships.
The are basically two types of training that the database needs to store. The first is training that applies to everyone and the other is training that only applies to certain job specialties. These types of training are identified by the ProjectMandatoryCode and the JobCode respectively.
The ProjectMandatoryCode is a default value that is automatically entered everytime a new employee is entered into the database (EmployeeInfo table) and it is also a default value when a training event is entered into the (TrainingEventInfo table) that applies to everyone. The employee JobCode is a selection when a new employee is entered into the EmployeeInfo table.
When the user wants to enter a training event that is job specific, they are able to select a JobCode from a combo box/option group and this code is written to the record. Selecting one button from the option group writes a default value (ProjectMandatoryCode) to the TrainingEventInfo table while selecting the other button enables the combo box so that a specific JobCode can be entered against the event.
Everything works fine except... so far I've been unable to produce a report that lists every training event that pertains to the employee whether it be ProjectMandatoryCode or JobCode related. I can query and produce completed events or a list of what events are required but nothing that is complete. Ideally, I should be able to produce a complete training plan for the employee which shows all necessary events and where the employee has completed the task I should be able to show the DateCompleted.
This failure has led me to doubt my table relationships since all my efforts at various query joins have failed. Is there anyone who could enlighten me so that I could learn from this, complete this task, and apply this new knowledge to future databases? To the person with the answer, thank you in advance for your assistance. Respectfully,
Dale Gagnon
