Get External Data

The Forms database needs to link to the Tables in the Data database. (Nothing works without the Tables!) The data is imported as External Data.

 

6. Try it: Get External Data

Go to Get External Data ->Import and Link.

Click on: Access.

 

What Do You See? The Get External Data Wizard will prompt you to Browse to the folder that has the FRDATA database and select it.

 

Try This, Too: Select a Destination

Specify: Link to the data source by creating a linked table.

 

Click OK. Keep going...

Get External Data ->Import and Link->Access

Exam 77-885: Microsoft Access 2010

2. Building Tables

2.5. Import data from a single data file: Import data as Linked Tables