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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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