Hi all,
Newbie here to the Forum and Access so please be gentle, although try and be as verbose as possible. I have little knowledge of Access and probably should have started on a tutorial, but had to jump right into working with it blindly for work. So far finding my way through it ok and do have reasonable knowledge of Excel, so formulas etc don't scare me lol.. However terminology is lacking...
What I am doing is exporting data from a drawing program (Autodesk Revit) for quantities to estimate and cost. At a later date we will be importing that data into our Estimating program to fine tune & create orders and such, but for now Access will be used to get ballpark figures whilst doing the preliminary design.
Here is where I am stuck - so far. Revit is a component based drawing program (BIM). When the data is exported from Revit it creates 2 tables - 1 with the properties of the components (Model, Description, Cost etc) and 1 with a list & quantities of the components used. However some of the components have multiple items attached to when it comes to costing in the Estimating program.
The scenario - A front entry door component in Revit contains the door & door frame as one item and can only assign 1 id to the component, but the estimating program the door and framing components are separate, for example - Door component id is BOQ1234, Frame Component is BOQ4321.
I have created a Query where it takes the information from the 2 exported tables and quantifies to get a total cost as the id numbers between the 2 tables are linked, however this does not include the framing components.
In Access, can & how do I automatically attach the frame component, and list, to the door component in one Query if another table is created with the frame components and properties?
Hopefully this will explain what I am wanting to achieve in the Query -
MODEL - DESCRIPTION - COST - TOTAL
BOQ1234 - External Door - $350 - $350
BOQ4321 - External Door Frame - $150 - $150
- OR -
MODEL - DESCRIPTION - COST - TOTAL
BOQ6789 - External Door With Sidelight & Glazing - $350 - $350
BOQ9876 - External Door Frame with Sidelight & Glazing - $200 - $200
(Door cost will remain the same, but assigned a different model number as it is a different component in Revit, and the framing dictates the variance in price.)
The next thing I will need to show is the total for each Query created and build Reports, but need to get over this hurdle first.
Hope that explains it reasonably thorough. Alternatively - am I looking at it the wrong way? As mentioned, terminology is lacking so not helping me find the right results with Google searches.
Cheers
Dan
Newbie here to the Forum and Access so please be gentle, although try and be as verbose as possible. I have little knowledge of Access and probably should have started on a tutorial, but had to jump right into working with it blindly for work. So far finding my way through it ok and do have reasonable knowledge of Excel, so formulas etc don't scare me lol.. However terminology is lacking...
What I am doing is exporting data from a drawing program (Autodesk Revit) for quantities to estimate and cost. At a later date we will be importing that data into our Estimating program to fine tune & create orders and such, but for now Access will be used to get ballpark figures whilst doing the preliminary design.
Here is where I am stuck - so far. Revit is a component based drawing program (BIM). When the data is exported from Revit it creates 2 tables - 1 with the properties of the components (Model, Description, Cost etc) and 1 with a list & quantities of the components used. However some of the components have multiple items attached to when it comes to costing in the Estimating program.
The scenario - A front entry door component in Revit contains the door & door frame as one item and can only assign 1 id to the component, but the estimating program the door and framing components are separate, for example - Door component id is BOQ1234, Frame Component is BOQ4321.
I have created a Query where it takes the information from the 2 exported tables and quantifies to get a total cost as the id numbers between the 2 tables are linked, however this does not include the framing components.
In Access, can & how do I automatically attach the frame component, and list, to the door component in one Query if another table is created with the frame components and properties?
Hopefully this will explain what I am wanting to achieve in the Query -
MODEL - DESCRIPTION - COST - TOTAL
BOQ1234 - External Door - $350 - $350
BOQ4321 - External Door Frame - $150 - $150
- OR -
MODEL - DESCRIPTION - COST - TOTAL
BOQ6789 - External Door With Sidelight & Glazing - $350 - $350
BOQ9876 - External Door Frame with Sidelight & Glazing - $200 - $200
(Door cost will remain the same, but assigned a different model number as it is a different component in Revit, and the framing dictates the variance in price.)
The next thing I will need to show is the total for each Query created and build Reports, but need to get over this hurdle first.
Hope that explains it reasonably thorough. Alternatively - am I looking at it the wrong way? As mentioned, terminology is lacking so not helping me find the right results with Google searches.
Cheers
Dan