Integrating Excel and Access

By Michael Schmalz
November 2005
Pages: 232
ISBN 10: 0-596-00973-9 | ISBN 13: 9780596009731
(4) (Average of 5 Customer Reviews)

Description

This unique reference shows you how to combine the powerful analysis tools of Excel with the structured storage and more powerful querying of Access. It covers everything you need to know, including interfaces, object models, and code. Learn how to crunch and visualize data like never before. Perfect for all Microsoft Office users.
Full Description

In a corporate setting, the Microsoft Office Suite is an invaluable set of applications. One of Offices' biggest advantages is that its applications can work together to share information, produce reports, and so on. The problem is, there isn't much documentation on their cross-usage. Until now.

Introducing Integrating Excel and Access, the unique reference that shows you how to combine the strengths of Microsoft Excel with those of Microsoft Access. In particular, the book explains how the powerful analysis tools of Excel can work in concert with the structured storage and more powerful querying of Access. The results that these two applications can produce together are virtually impossible to achieve with one program separately.

But the book isn't just limited to Excel and Access. There's also a chapter on SQL Server, as well as one dedicated to integrating with other Microsoft Office applications. In no time, you'll discover how to:

Utilize the built in features of Access and Excel to access data
Use VBA within Access or Excel to access data
Build connection strings using ADO and DAO
Automate Excel reports including formatting, functions, and page setup
Write complex functions and queries with VBA
Write simple and advanced queries with the Access GUI
Produce pivot tables and charts with your data

With Integrating Excel and Access, you can crunch and visualize data like never before. It's the ideal guide for anyone who uses Microsoft Office to handle data.

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Just what I needed!, December 30 2008

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Submitted by RonJ [Respond | View]

Great book that really helps with pulling in Access data from Excel (or the other way). After a few hours of working with the examples and trying the methods using my own data, I have developed a macro that greatly speeds up a monthly chore, and it has opened my eyes to other analyses and time saving opportunities also.

The book delivers as promised.

Emphasis of this book, January 29 2007

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Submitted by Anonyme [Respond | View]

Clearly the author approaches his subject from the Excel side in the first few chapters at least, and I concur with the opinion expressed that the title is therefore misleading. That the book should be awarded fewer stars on that basis alone is another matter.

Just what I needed, December 23 2006

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Submitted by bb [Respond | View]

This book was a godsend when I had to whip up an exce//access application as an "other related duty" on the job. I'm an Oracle/Unix person who needed to get going on an integrated Access/Excel project FAST. This book has so many great ideas.

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You NEED this book if...., December 22 2006

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Submitted by oracle database goddess [Respond | View]

After seeing one reviewer give the book one star because of his opinion that it had more excel than access emphasis, I had to write a review. I find this book outstanding in showing how to integrate the two. I am a very seasoned IT person but not so much with access and excel though I have written some VBA and Access apps lately. This book was just what I needed to develop an application using Access/Excel and Word.

As an Oracle/Unix person, I appreciate being able to read this book cover-to-cover and know how to write a relatively complex application I've been tasked with as one of my "other-related duties". Thanks for this lifesaver!

Nice book to get good analysis, December 12 2006

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Submitted by Aamir [Respond | View]

Very nice effort. I much recommend others to use it if you want to analyze your data with little effort.

Thanks
Aamir

Media reviews
"Author Michael Schmalz, has done an outstanding job of writing a book that will show you how Access and Excel can work together to improve your reporting and data analysis...In this excellent book is organized to build on topics in a logical sequence. After practicing the skills this book illustrates, you will have the necessary knowledge to tackle some of your most demanding reporting issues. "
-- John Vacca, Amazon.com

"The book contains a wide range of practical applications that should be of direct benefit to readers who approach it as a learning tool. It is well-written and supported by extensive code examples."
-- Major Keary, Book News

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