Using MS Access to create a Product Baseline

[swertel]

I'm trying to create a product basline (parts list, BOM, or similar by any other name) using MS Access (it's what I have available). My end goal is to be able to do a where-used search on a particular part number and see what assemblies it is used in.

Has anyone accomplished something like this? Can you point me to a web page or downloadable example?

Thanks,

--Scott

For some pleasure reading, try FAQ731-376

 

[ctopher]

We do that exact same thing with Access. But I do not know how it was done. We have an employee that created it for us. It is a database on a server that I do not have access to, just an end user.

 

[FrancisL]

You need at least two tables
Say, tblAssemblies and tblParts.
In tblAssemblies you would have a record for each part used in the assembly, with a field for Partnumber
This should be related to the Parts table via the Partnmber field.
Then a query could easily be made to list all the assemblies using a particalar parts.
In essence, you need to learn about normalising databases!