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Creating a table in an Access app
With an Access app, you use the browser to add, edit, view, and delete data, and you use
Access 2013 to design the Access app. This means that Access 2013 is used to create and
customize tables, views, queries, and macros.
Each Access table is created as a SQL Server table, which has the same name that it was
given in Access, as are the fields (columns) you create in the Access. Access data types
are mapped to SQL Server database data types. For example, text fields map to nvarchar;
number fields use decimal, int, or float; and image fields are stored as varbinary (MAX).
However, in many instances, you will not need to create tables and add fields to those
tables, because Access provides a number of table templates (nouns), which you can use as
a basis for your new tables.
When you select a table template, other related tables may be added to the Access app; for
example, when you add the Assets table, the Categories table is added, which allows you
to group and organize your assets. The Orders template provides an Orders table, as well as
tables to track related Customers, Employees, Products, Suppliers, and Categories.
You can also create linked tables; for example, you can connect to and display real-time
data from SharePoint lists, including external lists.
SEE ALSO Creating linked tables to SharePoint lists is discussed later in this chapter.
For each table, two views are automatically generated: List and Datasheet. Each can be
likened to the views on SharePoint internal lists and libraries. These are the pages in the
browser that users see when they go to the Access app, and use to interact with the data.
There are two other types of views, Summary and Blank views, which you can use to develop
custom views. The Summary view allows you to group data rows based on a value in
a column or, alternatively, calculate a sum or an average of a column.
The Datasheet view in the browser is similar to the Quick Edit view you use on lists and libraries.
If your users find that they extensively use the same filters, sorts, or column hiding,
you may consider creating queries for the Access app. Queries can combine related tables,
perform calculations and summaries, and automatically apply changes. Queries in the
Access app are created as SQL Server views or as a table-valued function (TVF), if the query
has parameters.
To automate common tasks, you can create macros. A macro is a miniature program that
you create and store in an Access app. Access apps do not support the Visual Basic (VB)
programming language. There are two types of macros:
420 Chapter 12 Using SharePoint with Excel and Access