Database Application into a Business Document
Database Application into a Business Document
Understanding Database Applications
- Become acquainted with the definition of a database as a structured set of data.
- Learn about different types of database applications like MySQL, Oracle, and Microsoft Access.
- Understand the role of data types, such as text, number and date/time, in shaping the structure of a database.
Incorporating Databases into Documents
- Practice using mail merge features to incorporate data from a database into a word-processing document.
- Understand how to select a data source and pinpoint specific records for insertion into a business document.
- Familiarise yourself with merging fields into the main document to add personalised information, such as names or addresses, into the document.
Querying Databases
- Learn the basics of building a query to extract specific data from a database.
- Understand the use of SQL (Structured Query Language) for querying and manipulating data.
- Get comfortable with using sort and filter functions in a query to organise or limit the data that is displayed.
Data Validation and Security
- Understand the importance of data validation, such as range checking or consistency checking, to maintain the accuracy of data in a database.
- Explore backup procedures to protect data integrity and to prepare for data recovery in case of data loss.
- Learn about access rights as a way of controlling who can see or edit data in a database.
Database Reporting
- Learn to create database reports, which summarise and present data in a user-friendly format.
- Understand the use of grouping, sorting and summarising data to create more meaningful reports.
- Become acquainted with report design view to customise the layout and appearance of a report.
Importing and Exporting Data
- Practise importing data from external sources (such as Excel files or text files) into a database.
- Understand how to export data from a database to a file, a spreadsheet, or another database.