Voyager Interest Group

Voyager Access Reports: what they are and how they work

October 29, 2008

•Allow you to run reports on Voyager data from your desktop

Voyager Access Reports

Voyager Access Reports

Where are they used:

▫Circulation▫Collection Development▫Finance▫Development▫Acquisitions▫Cataloging▫Rhees Stacks Inventory▫Divinity Inventory

•MS Access database on your PC•Linked to live data on Voyager Server

Voyager Server

Your desktop PC

Voyager Access Reports

Addition software required to translate the request from MS Access SQL to Oracle SQL

Voyager Access Reports

designates a linked table (data is stored on Voyager server)

designates a local table (data is stored on your PC)

Voyager Access Reports

Tables

Tip• This error message indicates that your PC is not

connecting to the Voyager server correctly

• Call CNS helpline 5-1757, or contact Voyager Help

Voyager Access Reports

Access Components

•Query – selects data for report•Report - formats data for printing•Form - interface to input report criteria•VBA code - applies criteria and runs

report

Voyager Access Reports

Query in Design View

Voyager Access Reports

Query in SQL View

Voyager Access Reports

Report in Design View

Voyager Access Reports

Form in Form View

Voyager Access Reports

Menu Code

Voyager Access Reports

• Some reports take a few minutes to run•You may see “Not Responding” under Status in your task list•It is still working•Access is waiting for processing to take place on the Voyager server

More Tips

Voyager Access Reports

More Tips•Quick Fix: click “Options”, Select “Enable this Content”, click “OK”

•Solution: Call CNS helpline 5-1757 to enable Macros

Voyager Access Reports

More Tips•Most menus retrieve data from the Voyager server•If you get a Blank menu, there is a problem with your connection to the Voyager server

Voyager Access Reports