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Chapter 1: SSURGO Template 4

Loading MLRA data in NASIS 4

Exporting data from NASIS 6

Importing NASIS MLRA data into the SSURGO Template 9

Chapter 2: Basic Access 12

Tables Object 15

Switching between “Views” 15

Formatting tables 16

Subdata sheet 21

Filtering Data 23

Importing Data 25

Queries Object 28

Select Query 28

Crosstab Query 37

Make Table Query 38

Update Query 39

Append Query 39

Delete Query 40

Query Icons 40

Other Query Functions 41

Criteria 41

Wildcards 42

Sorting Data in a Query 43

Property Box (Query) 44

Calculating Statistics 46

Using a Calculated Field in a Query 47

Operators and the “Expression Builder” 48

Saving the Query 48

Using a Query to edit NASIS data 49

Reports Object 51

Pieces of the Report Manager 52

Building the Report 53

Property Box (Label) 55

Property Box (Control) 56

Properties Box (Header and Footer) 59

Property Box (Report) 59

Sorting and Grouping 60

Chapter 3: Advanced techniques 62

Queries and subqueries: 62

Report and subreports: 64

Expressions 69

Concatenation Expressions 69

Conditional Expressions 69

Arithmetic Expressions 70

Part of a Field’s expression 71

Using Expressions in Reports 72

Getting External Data 74

Drop Survey Area and Import macros 75

Chapter 4: Pedon Access Techniques 76

Importing NASIS Pedon data into Access 76

Relationships and Joins 79

Using the “Delete” query for PedonCE 83

Modifying Forms for Pedon “Migrator” 88

Chapter 5: ArcMap and the SSURGO Template 93

Joins 93

Relates 95

Closing Remarks 102

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Soil Scientist’s Guide to MS-Access

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Soil Scientist’s Guide to MS-Access

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Soil Scientist’s Guide to MS-Access

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Soil Scientist’s Guide to MS-Access

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