Begin the Query

To see how well your sales force is doing, you want to review sales figures. More specifically, you want to see who received each order, the date the order was received, and the amount charged for each order. This information is stored in three tables: Employees, Orders, and Order Details.

To find information that meets specific criteria (such as details on all orders received in September), create a query in design view so that you can define criteria in the query design grid. In the database window, on the Queries tab, click New, and then click Design View.

Want to add all the fields from a table?   Double-click the title bar on the field list and then drag all the fields to the grid, or double-click the asterisk (*) on the field list. When you use the asterisk, the query automatically includes fields that you add or delete from an underlying table.

Don’t Need to Limit the Information the Query Returns?

Use the Simple Query Wizard to retrieve information that you don’t need to refine or limit. For example, you can use the Simple Query Wizard to retrieve the names and phone numbers of all employees in an organization. In the database window, click Queries, click New, and then double-click Simple Query Wizard. However, if you want to retrieve the names and phone numbers of employees hired after a specific date, you need to create the query in query design view.

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Want to know more?   Look up Getting Results - Evaluate Sales in Help.