Access Database

Access Front End Back End Architecture Explained

Tables and relationships live in one .accdb on the network. Users should not open it for daily work. Back-end holds the single source of truth.

Back-End: Data Only

Tables and relationships live in one .accdb on the network. Users should not open it for daily work. Back-end holds the single source of truth.

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Front-End: UI and Logic

Forms, reports, queries, macros, and VBA sit in each user copy. Updates roll out by replacing front-end files. Linked tables point to the back-end path.

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Robert Terry

Microsoft Excel & Access Consultant

Robert Terry is an Excel VBA and Access database consultant based in Springville, Utah, with 20+ years of experience automating business processes for companies across the US.

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