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When and who accessed an Access table
This sounds remote, but we want to know who and when one of our Access tables was accessed. Could be a linked table. We have many tables in many databases that we don't know are used. We'd like to clean them up(remove).
My brute force idea is to rename the table and see who complains.
Any other ideas?
My brute force idea is to rename the table and see who complains.
Any other ideas?
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You can also enable audit for files and (or) folders:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771070.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771070.aspx
Wow, any number of ways to access a table (form, rowsource of a combo or list, query, report, code).
Simply renaming the table is likely to break many of your database applications.
There is no simple way to identify what is being used, by who, at least not with an Access database. however, the mSysObjects table (usually hidden) contains a DateUpdated field which might be able to help you identify the objects that are least used.
The best method I've used in the past is to create a table that contains a userID, date, and Object fields. Then, in my forms and reports, I will add code in the form Open event that write to values to this table to track usage. I would write the formname as one record, then the name of the query or table that is the recordsource for the form as another, and if the query uses more than one table, each of those would require another record. Would do the same thing for your reports and in your code.
Simply renaming the table is likely to break many of your database applications.
There is no simple way to identify what is being used, by who, at least not with an Access database. however, the mSysObjects table (usually hidden) contains a DateUpdated field which might be able to help you identify the objects that are least used.
The best method I've used in the past is to create a table that contains a userID, date, and Object fields. Then, in my forms and reports, I will add code in the form Open event that write to values to this table to track usage. I would write the formname as one record, then the name of the query or table that is the recordsource for the form as another, and if the query uses more than one table, each of those would require another record. Would do the same thing for your reports and in your code.
As mentioned above, Total Access Analyzer will analyze the database and provide you with a broad range of reports.
another useful tool is Rick Fishers "Find & Replace". It will find all instances of a particular value or string in the objects (not the data) in your project, so you can easily identify everywhere a particular table is used. It will also create cross-references. This could help you identify where those tables you are interested in are used, and flag where you need to put the code I mentioned above.
another useful tool is Rick Fishers "Find & Replace". It will find all instances of a particular value or string in the objects (not the data) in your project, so you can easily identify everywhere a particular table is used. It will also create cross-references. This could help you identify where those tables you are interested in are used, and flag where you need to put the code I mentioned above.
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Newer versions of Access have uses/where used cross references but they are pretty clunky since you have to click through each object separately and you need Name Auto Correct turned on. The FMS product is much easier to use since it simply gives you a report.
What I do when trying to clean up is to rename the suspect objects with "xx" as a prefix. That puts them all together at the bottom of the list and they are there if some one complains. Then after a period of time, I start removing them.
WARNING - make sure you have name auto-correct turned off before you start renaming objects this way or you'll be in for a rude surprise some day. Name auto-correct doesn't work the way you expect it to so I find it best to simply leave it turned off. Then if I have some bulk renaming to do, I turn it on.