Hello Rohan, Even though Excel and Access are two products of MS-office, working with them is quite different.
While in excel the core term is cell, which when culminated leads to rows, columns, worksheets & workbooks. In excel we work with formulas & functions, with relative or absolute cell addressing, (either we use VBA codeing or not) Where as in acces the primary term is record which is a DBMS ( Database management system) term. MS-ACCESS, is a RDBMS, Relational Database Management System. Here you need to work upon records, tables using queries, forms, reports & relationships. Even though functions can be generally used here, It is advisable to use queries or VBA code. Send me a sample file with exact requirement, so that I can look up and guide you. Your requirement can be exactly and directly addressed using queries & VBA code. Regards, Kishan Reddy, K On Dec 6, 8:58 am, "Asa Rossoff" <a...@lovetour.info> wrote: > Hi Rohan, > In Access you should build a query instead of doing a lookup. > > Your query can refer to various parameters from fields in forms, or the user > can be prompted for parameters (Access treats all field names that don't > exist in a table as parameters). The other time you might use vlookup in > Excel would be to cross-reference multiple tables of data. In Access, just > use relationships between the tables and include all the referenced tables > in your query. > > The "value from the previous day report" can be calculated by your query, > along with the value for today's report, and you can set any criteria > related to that you like in your query. > > After you create a query that retrieves all the data that will go on your > report, use that query as the data source for your report. > > Asa > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto:excel-macros@googlegroups.com] > > On Behalf Of Rohan > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 2:30 PM > To: MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS > Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ MS Access solution > > Hi, > I have a new project in hand for building a reporting solution for MS > Access. I am trying to explore the idea as to how to I go about > getting the desired results. My challange is, that the report would > require to refer to the previous day report earlier done using the > VLOOKUP formula in excel. However, the idea of using VLOOKUP function > in Access is possible or not I am not sure. While exploring some new > functions in MS ACCESS, I came accross DLOOKUP but I am not sure, if > it can produce the same results. > > Group, Need your assistance with any ideas that you can share as to > how do I go about accomplishing this. If you already have worked on a > solution like this which helps in daily reporting by comparing the > value from the previous day report and if you can share the solution > with me, that will really give me ideas and would be really > appreciated. Thank you !! > > Regards, > Rohan. > > -- > FORUM RULES (934+ members already BANNED for violation) > > 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please > Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will > not get quick attention or may not be answered. > > 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. > > 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security > measure. > > 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. > > 5) Cross-promotion of, or links to, forums competitive to this forum in > signatures are prohibited. > > NOTE : Don't ever post personal or confidential data in a workbook. Forum > owners and members are not responsible for any loss. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------- > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com -- FORUM RULES (934+ members already BANNED for violation) 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Cross-promotion of, or links to, forums competitive to this forum in signatures are prohibited. NOTE : Don't ever post personal or confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com
