Exp19_Access_App_CapAssessment - Transfer Student Advising 1

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Exp19_Access_App_CapAssessment - Transfer Student Advising 1.2

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You were recently hired by your local college to help with registering all transfer students. The college?s Transfer Advising Department is a one-stop location for transfer students to come with questions. They have been working with Excel spreadsheets generated by the Information Technology department, but they are hoping to do more with an Access database. They have had a number of problems, including employees putting information in the wrong fields, putting information in the wrong format, and creating incorrect formulas. They are also hoping for more consistent ways of finding information, as well as being able to generate reports. Your tasks include importing an existing Excel worksheet as a table into your Access database; modifying the table; creating a relationship between two tables; creating queries with calculated fields, functions, and totals; creating a form for input; creating a report; and backing up the database.

     

To start, you have been provided with a database   the Information Technology department created. The database has one table and   one form. You will be importing an Excel spreadsheet into a table and   creating a primary key.
 

  Start Access. Download and open the file named aApp_Cap1_Advising.accdb. Grader has automatically added your   last name to the beginning of the filename.

 

Import   the aApp_Cap1_Transfer.xlsx Excel   workbook into a new table named Transfer Schools.   While importing the data, ensure that StudentID has a data type of Short   Text, and select StudentID as the primary key.

 

Now   that you have imported the data from the spreadsheet, you will modify the   field properties in the Transfer Schools table and demonstrate sorting.
 

  Open the Transfer Schools table in Design view. Set the StudentID field size   to 10. Remove the @ symbol from the   StudentID format property. Change the AdmittingSchool field size to 75. Change the RegistrationFee and   TuitionDue fields to have 0   decimal places.
 

  Switch to Datasheet view, saving the changes that you've made. Resize the   AdmittingSchool column by double-clicking on the border between   AdmittingSchool and AdmissionDate. Sort the Transfer Schools table on the   CreditsTransferred field in ascending order. Save and close the table.

 

Now   that the table is imported and modified, you will create a relationship   between the Transfer Schools and Transfer Students tables.
 

  Add the Transfer Schools and Transfer Students tables to the Relationships   window. Create a one-to-one relationship between the StudentID field in the   Transfer Students table and the StudentID field in the Transfer Schools   table. Enforce referential integrity between the two tables and cascade   updates and deletes. Save the changes and close the Relationships window.

 

   You will demonstrate changing information in a form.
 

  Open the Transfer Students Data Entry form. Locate the record for Ellen Sullivan and change her major to   History. Close the form.

 

Adam   McChesney, an adviser in the center, would like your assistance in helping   him find certain information. You will create a query for him and demonstrate   how he can change information.
 

  Create a new query using Design view. This query will access fields from both   the Transfer Schools and Transfer Students tables. From the Transfer Students   table, add the FirstName, LastName, Major, Class, and GPA fields. From the   Transfer Schools table, add the AdmissionDate, TuitionDue, CreditsEarned, and   CreditsTransferred fields.
 

  Save the query as Transfer Credits.   Set the criteria in the AdmissionDate field to 1/1/2021.   Run the query (19 records will display). Enter the TuitionDue for Bianca Bain as $2200 and the GPA for Edgar Conway as 3.65.   Save and close the query.

 

Now   that you have created the query, you will create a second query for Adam that   will calculate the number of credits students lost upon transfer, the tuition   payments for which they will be responsible (assuming four payments per   semester), and the due date of the first payment.
 

  Create a copy of the Transfer Credits query. Name the copy Transfer Calculations. Open the new query in Design view.   Remove the criteria from the AdmissionDate field. Create a calculated field   in the first empty field cell of the query named LostCredits   that subtracts CreditsTransferred from CreditsEarned. Create another   calculated field named TuitionPayments   that uses the payment function and determines tuition paid in four   installments. The student’s tuition payment and a 2.5% interest   rate should be used in the function. Use 0   for the future_value and type arguments. Ensure that the payment appears as a   positive number.
 

  Format the TuitionPayments calculated field as Currency. Create another   calculated field named FirstPayment   after the TuitionPayments field. To calculate the due date, add 30 to their AdmissionDate. Run the query   and verify that the three calculated fields have valid data. Add a total row   to the datasheet. Sum the TuitionDue column and average the TuitionPayment column.   Save and close the query.

 

 Cala Hajjar, the   director of the center, needs to summarize information about the transfer   students for the 2020–2021 academic year to present to the   College’s Board of Trustees. You will create   a totals query for her to summarize the number of transfer students, average   number of credits earned and transferred, and total tuition earned by   transfer institution.
 

  Create a new query in Design view. Add the Transfer Schools table. Add the   AdmittingSchool, StudentID, CreditsEarned, CreditsTransferred, and TuitionDue   fields. Sort the query by AdmittingSchool in ascending order.
 

  Show the Total row. Group by AdmittingSchool and show the count of StudentID,   the average of CreditsEarned, the average of CreditsTransferred, and the sum   of TuitionDue. Format both average fields as Standard. Change the caption for   the StudentID field to NumStudents,   the caption for the CreditsEarned average to AvgCreditsEarned,   the caption for the CreditsTransferred average to AvgCreditsTransferred,   and the caption for the sum of TuitionDue to TotalTuition.
 

  Run the query. Save the query as Transfer Summary.   Close the query.

 

Hideo   Sasaki, the department’s administrative assistant, will handle   data entry. He has asked you to simplify the way he inputs information into   the new table. You will create a form based on the new Transfer Schools   table.
 

  Create a Split Form using the Transfer Schools table as the source. Change   the height of the AdmittingSchool field to be approximately half the current   height.Switch to design view and then remove the layout from all the labels   and fields. Shrink each field so it is approximately as large as it needs to   be.
 

  Switch to layout view and then click record 123455 in the bottom half of the split form. Make sure all fields   are still visible in the top half of the form. If not, adjust the controls so   all values are visible. Move the CreditsTransferred field so it is to the   right of the CreditsEarned field on the same row.
  Change the title of the form to Transfer Schools   Overview.   Save the form as Transfer Schools Form.   Save and close the form.

 

Cala   is hoping you can create a more print-friendly version of the query you   created earlier for her to distribute to the Board of Trustees. You will   create a report based on the Transfer Calculations query.
 

  Create a report using the Report Wizard. Add the Major, FirstName, LastName,   Class, GPA, and LostCredits fields from the Transfer Calculations query. Do   not add any grouping or sorting. Ensure that the report is in Landscape   orientation. Save the report as Transfer Students   Report   and view the report in Layout view.

 

Now   that you have included the fields Cala has asked for, you will work to format   the report to make the information more obvious.
 

  Apply the attached Wisp theme. Group the report by the Major field. Sort the   records within each group by LastName then by FirstName, both in ascending   order. Adjust the text boxes so the values for the Major field are completely   visible. Switch to Print Preview mode and verify that the report is only one   page wide (Note: it may be a number of pages long).