Unique values & Record count

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I am new to Access and I can't for the life of me figure out how to to this

I have a column of account numbers such as

723031
723032
723034
723031
723031

Can Access display only the UNIQUE items in this column and then give me a
count of those UNIQUE items? I don't want to see any that may be repeated.

I am pretty sure I can accomplish this by doing a query, but need step by
step instructions for setting this up.

Thanks in Advance
 
Hi Kim, try this SQL in a query

Select [Account_Number] , Count([Account_Number]) As CountOfAccounts
From TableName
Group By [Account_Number]

You need to change the table name, and the name of the [Account_Number]
field name to the right one.
 
When I try this it asks for Parameter Value of the Account Number?

Ofer Cohen said:
Hi Kim, try this SQL in a query

Select [Account_Number] , Count([Account_Number]) As CountOfAccounts
From TableName
Group By [Account_Number]

You need to change the table name, and the name of the [Account_Number]
field name to the right one.

--
Good Luck
BS"D


Kim said:
I am new to Access and I can't for the life of me figure out how to to this

I have a column of account numbers such as

723031
723032
723034
723031
723031

Can Access display only the UNIQUE items in this column and then give me a
count of those UNIQUE items? I don't want to see any that may be repeated.

I am pretty sure I can accomplish this by doing a query, but need step by
step instructions for setting this up.

Thanks in Advance
 
Have you changed the name of the Account number to the name of the field in
your table?

--
Good Luck
BS"D


Kim said:
When I try this it asks for Parameter Value of the Account Number?

Ofer Cohen said:
Hi Kim, try this SQL in a query

Select [Account_Number] , Count([Account_Number]) As CountOfAccounts
From TableName
Group By [Account_Number]

You need to change the table name, and the name of the [Account_Number]
field name to the right one.

--
Good Luck
BS"D


Kim said:
I am new to Access and I can't for the life of me figure out how to to this

I have a column of account numbers such as

723031
723032
723034
723031
723031

Can Access display only the UNIQUE items in this column and then give me a
count of those UNIQUE items? I don't want to see any that may be repeated.

I am pretty sure I can accomplish this by doing a query, but need step by
step instructions for setting this up.

Thanks in Advance
 
Yes I Did. I am actually using Claim Numbers and an Internal Assigned ID#.

Ofer Cohen said:
Have you changed the name of the Account number to the name of the field in
your table?

--
Good Luck
BS"D


Kim said:
When I try this it asks for Parameter Value of the Account Number?

Ofer Cohen said:
Hi Kim, try this SQL in a query

Select [Account_Number] , Count([Account_Number]) As CountOfAccounts
From TableName
Group By [Account_Number]

You need to change the table name, and the name of the [Account_Number]
field name to the right one.

--
Good Luck
BS"D


:

I am new to Access and I can't for the life of me figure out how to to this

I have a column of account numbers such as

723031
723032
723034
723031
723031

Can Access display only the UNIQUE items in this column and then give me a
count of those UNIQUE items? I don't want to see any that may be repeated.

I am pretty sure I can accomplish this by doing a query, but need step by
step instructions for setting this up.

Thanks in Advance
 
Can you post the field name, table name, and the SQL you have now?

--
Good Luck
BS"D


Kim said:
Yes I Did. I am actually using Claim Numbers and an Internal Assigned ID#.

Ofer Cohen said:
Have you changed the name of the Account number to the name of the field in
your table?

--
Good Luck
BS"D


Kim said:
When I try this it asks for Parameter Value of the Account Number?

:

Hi Kim, try this SQL in a query

Select [Account_Number] , Count([Account_Number]) As CountOfAccounts
From TableName
Group By [Account_Number]

You need to change the table name, and the name of the [Account_Number]
field name to the right one.

--
Good Luck
BS"D


:

I am new to Access and I can't for the life of me figure out how to to this

I have a column of account numbers such as

723031
723032
723034
723031
723031

Can Access display only the UNIQUE items in this column and then give me a
count of those UNIQUE items? I don't want to see any that may be repeated.

I am pretty sure I can accomplish this by doing a query, but need step by
step instructions for setting this up.

Thanks in Advance
 
Can Access display only the UNIQUE items in this column and then give me a
count of those UNIQUE items? I don't want to see any that may be repeated.

When you say a "count of those unique items" do you mean a count of how many
times each unique number appears in the column or how many unique numbers
there are in all?

Using your example here:
723031
723032
723034
723031
723031

Do you want to see that 723031 occurs 3 times or that there are 3 unique
numbers total in the list?

Lauri
 
Ofer said:
Select [Account_Number] , Count([Account_Number]) As CountOfAccounts
From TableName
Group By [Account_Number]

Ofer,

It happens that I am needing to do the same thing as Kim was, so your
advice to her was very helpful to me also.

However, I also need a count of NULLs, preferably all in the same
query. Can you explain how to do that?

Thanks.

- Paul
Schrum
 
Never mind. See below.
Ofer said:
Select [Account_Number] , Count([Account_Number]) As CountOfAccounts
From TableName
Group By [Account_Number]

Ofer,

However, I also need a count of NULLs, preferably all in the same
query. Can you explain how to do that?

Never mind. I figured it out. I have to use the NZ function:

Select [Account_Number] , Count(NZ([Account_Number])) As
CountOfAccounts
From TableName
Group By [Account_Number]

- Paul
 

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