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AgentCopyKat
My office would like to keep track of visitor access into our building and
many of the visitors we have tend to visit over a period of days and
sometimes are recurring on a monthly or yearly basis. I have been asked to
help the office transition from a shared excel file to access database.
On my main table with visitor information I have [Arrival Date] and
[Departure Date] headings to keep track of the visitor's stay. For example,
John Smith arrived on June 16 and will leave at the end of the week on June
20. However, when I create the report for the guard at the main desk, John
Smith only shows up on June 16th's Visitor Access Report - and he needs to
show up on June 17, 18, 19 and 20th's Access Reports in order to enter the
building.
Do I need to create a separate table for multiple dates and how do I
encorporate that into my main table, the forms I created for employees in the
building to submit their visitor's access request, and the reports for my
office and the guard at the main desk?
To throw in another wrench in to the multiple-days of entry situation, we
have several visitors who perform maintenance and need access every other
Monday. They all so need to show up on the access lists for those Mondays and
I would hate to enter or update their visitor's arrival and departure dates
in the table every other week.
Please let me know what additional information you need. Since I am not as
familiar with Access as I would like to be, I'd appreciate any help or
suggestions in trying to resolve this conundrum.
many of the visitors we have tend to visit over a period of days and
sometimes are recurring on a monthly or yearly basis. I have been asked to
help the office transition from a shared excel file to access database.
On my main table with visitor information I have [Arrival Date] and
[Departure Date] headings to keep track of the visitor's stay. For example,
John Smith arrived on June 16 and will leave at the end of the week on June
20. However, when I create the report for the guard at the main desk, John
Smith only shows up on June 16th's Visitor Access Report - and he needs to
show up on June 17, 18, 19 and 20th's Access Reports in order to enter the
building.
Do I need to create a separate table for multiple dates and how do I
encorporate that into my main table, the forms I created for employees in the
building to submit their visitor's access request, and the reports for my
office and the guard at the main desk?
To throw in another wrench in to the multiple-days of entry situation, we
have several visitors who perform maintenance and need access every other
Monday. They all so need to show up on the access lists for those Mondays and
I would hate to enter or update their visitor's arrival and departure dates
in the table every other week.
Please let me know what additional information you need. Since I am not as
familiar with Access as I would like to be, I'd appreciate any help or
suggestions in trying to resolve this conundrum.