Hi,
I am currently implementing a stock control database in access. I have various forms for entering stock in and taking it out etc. It all works fine except I need a way of sorting my data to produce very specific reports. The company wants reports to be listed in a very specific order. I have many fields with which I have to sort the data so it has proved a very time consuming problem.
I have tried the custom sort order techniques involving the switch function, however due to the large extent of data in use this approach has limited success.
I have also tried merely applying numbers to the front of a stock item to sort it, however this is a very basic approach and means the user has to look at random numbers before actually reading the stock item in reports.
One approach that could work would be to have a sort order as a separate field. But the user would have to then enter a sort order number each time data is entered(?).
Does anyone have any ideas as to how to solve this problem?
Apologies for the length of this post!
Cheers
Turbojohn
I am currently implementing a stock control database in access. I have various forms for entering stock in and taking it out etc. It all works fine except I need a way of sorting my data to produce very specific reports. The company wants reports to be listed in a very specific order. I have many fields with which I have to sort the data so it has proved a very time consuming problem.
I have tried the custom sort order techniques involving the switch function, however due to the large extent of data in use this approach has limited success.
I have also tried merely applying numbers to the front of a stock item to sort it, however this is a very basic approach and means the user has to look at random numbers before actually reading the stock item in reports.
One approach that could work would be to have a sort order as a separate field. But the user would have to then enter a sort order number each time data is entered(?).
Does anyone have any ideas as to how to solve this problem?
Apologies for the length of this post!
Cheers
Turbojohn
