!!!CREATE AN ACCESS DATABASE
Under the Start/Programs/Microsoft Access menu choice, select Access. You will be prompted to Create A New Database.

1. Select Blank Access Database:

[CREATE ACCESS DB.JPG]

2. You will then be prompted to Create AND Save The Database.
*For clarity, a folder has been created at the root of C: called DSN (Data Source) that would hold all MS Access databases and Mail Merge documents. The file extension will be *.mdb (Microsoft Database).

3. You will be prompted to Create Table Design View, which creates tables in the Access database.

4. Under File select Get External Data/Link Tables, select Link Tables and you will be prompted to choose a table source.

[LINK TABLES TO ACCESS.JPG]

5. Change the Files of Type to ODBC Database, and leave the file name blank. As soon as
you select ODBC Database you will be taken to a list of DSN sources; select the data
source created earlier and click OK. 

[ACCESS DSN SOURCES.JPG]

You will next be prompted to select the tables you wish to link with in the database. We will select P2K.P2K_HR_VEODBC, which is a view of P2K HR functions.



6.  Click on OK.

[ACCESS LINK TABLES.JPG]

You will next be prompted to Select A Unique Record Identifier. This is a database field
that specifically identifies the record as unique. The only choice is ID, the row_id.


7. Click OK.

[ACCESS UNIQUE RECORD IDENTIFIER.JPG]


When you next reopen the database, you will view the table you have created:

[ACCESS VIEW TABLE.JPG]



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