Create a Chart from a Database

Topic at a glance

Suppose you want to make it easy to see the total annual sales for a product while you browse through your database. With Microsoft Access, you can represent your data in chart form and then add the chart to a database form or report. Charts are useful because they make it easy to see patterns and trends in data that numbers alone can’t show. To create a chart quickly, you can use the Chart Wizard.

To complete the steps in this topic   you need to have Microsoft Office, Professional Edition or an individual copy of Microsoft Access installed. You also need to have Microsoft Graph installed. If you do not have Microsoft Graph installed, run Setup again and select the Typical installation to install it. For more information, see Install and Start Microsoft Office.