The Access Data Transfer Assistant
2000 rapidly and easily performs data manipulation and documentation
functions often required by a developer when delivering an
updated version of a database to a customer. Dumping test
or old data and getting all of the customers current
data into the new database with the ability to selectively
keep some data is now easy.
The ADTA can also be used to maintain a central master
database, updating and/or appending data from remote databases.
ADTA features include:
Delete all data from all or selected tables (Dump Data
process)
Delete all data from all or selected tables and import
all data (where fields match) from corresponding tables
in another copy of the database (Copy Data process)
Update all fields (except autonumber primary keys) in all
or selected tables with data (where fields match) from another
copy of a database. (Update/Append Data process)
Optionally append all new data (where fields match) from
another copy of a database after updating data.
Calculate the correct data deletion and append orders based
on existing table relationships.
Delete and recreate table relationships during data processing
if required to prevent inadvertent data loss due to cascading
deletes being enabled in a relationship.
Build append queries for each selected table
Build update/append or just update queries for each selected
table
Only includes tables and fields that are common to both
source and destination databases. NEW
Document all table relationships
Document all tables and fields
Reports for table relationships and data process summary
Reports for tables and fields (3 reports with varying levels
of detail), and a data dictionary
Export all queries to another Access database (or import
all ADTA-created queries in bulk from another Access database)
Works with secured databases by providing workgroup information
through the Security menu
Easily document your database. The ADTA produces six reports.
Providing complete relationship documentation, the Relationships
report lists all relationships with their tables, foreign
tables, fields, foreign fields, relationship name, attributes
(long integer) and each of the seven components of the attributes
property of the relationship object.
The Summary Report includes the start and finish date and
time and the elapsed time; destination and source paths
and files; deleted relationships; recreated relationships;
relationships deleted that could not be recreated (havent
had this happen yet); and a list of all the linked Destination
tables, whether or not they participated in the process,
their record counts before and after the process, and the
record count difference.
Three reports documenting tables and fields are available
with varying levels of detail.
The Data Dictionary report provides a listing of a fields,
the tables they are in, and the description you entered
for each field.