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Start Access. Open the downloaded Access file named exploring_a03_grader_h2. Note this file is an empty database.

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In Design view, create a table named Customers. Add the first field named CustomerID with AutoNumber Data Type. Add Company as the second field name, and FirstName as the third field name. Accept the default data types.

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Add the following fields to the Customers table (in this order), accepting the default data type of Short Text:

LastName
City
State
Zip

Verify that CustomerID is the primary field.

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Save the table and switch to Datasheet view. Add the following records to the table:

Company                    FirstName         LastName           City                  State          Zip

Jones and Co               Robert               Paterson        Greensboro           NC            27401

Elements, Inc.             Merve                Kana             Paterson               NJ            07505

Godshall Meats, LLC    Francisco         De La Cruz        Beverly Hills           CA            90210

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5

Import the spreadsheet in the downloaded Excel file exploring_a03_h2_Loans into a new table. Choose LoanID as the primary key and accept all other defaults in the Import Wizard.

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Open the Loans table in Design view. Change the InterestRate field format to
Percent. Change the field size for the CustomerID field to Long Integer. Save and close the table. Click Yes when prompted that some data may be lost.

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Create a relationship between the CustomerID fields in the Customers and Loans tables. Enforce referential integrity. Save and close the Relationships window.

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Create a query using the two tables that will calculate the payment amount for each loan. Add the following fields: Company, LoanID, Amount, InterestRate, Term, and LoanClass, in that order. Sort the query by LoanID in ascending order. Save the query as Loan Payments.

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Use the Expression Builder to add a calculated field named Payment in the first blank column to calculate the loan payment for each loan using the Pmt function. Assume the loans have monthly payments (12 payments per year). Ensure the payment displays as a positive number. Run the query.

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Switch to Design view and change the format for the Payment calculated field to Currency. Run the query again to verify your change.

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In Datasheet view, add a Totals row. Use it to calculate the sum of the Amount column, the average InterestRate, and the average Term. Save and close the query.

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Create a copy of Loan Payments. Save the new query as Loan Payments Summary. Open the Loan Payments Summary query in Design view and rearrange the columns as follows:
LoanClass, LoanID, Amount, and InterestRate. Delete columns Company, Term, and Payment.

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Group the Loan Payments Summary query by the LoanClass field. Display the number of loans in the LoanID column, the sum in the Amount column, and the average in the InterestRate column. Run the query.

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Switch to Design view and display the Property Sheet. For the LoanID field, change the caption to Loans. For the Amount field, change the caption to Total Amount and change the format to Currency. For the InterestRate field, change the caption to Avg Interest Rate and change the format to Percent. Run the query. Save and close the query.

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Close all database objects. Close the database and then exit Access. Submit the database as directed.

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Total Points

100