Migrate your database from Microsoft Access to Zoho Creator
Two
weeks back, we integrated our collaborative productivity applications
into Microsoft SharePoint. Last week, our project management
application added the capability to import your existing projects from
MS Project to Zoho Projects 2.0. This week, we have a new add-on that
lets you import your data effortlessly from Microsoft Access to Zoho
Creator and Zoho Reports. We are excited to announce the latest
addition to our family of Microsoft plug-ins - Zoho Plug-in for
Microsoft Access.
Microsoft Access is
basically a database application on the desktop. Zoho Creator much more
than a database. Zoho Creator is a powerful, scalable, and secure cloud
computing platform that lets you build and run database applications
online, without any infrastructure costs. Some of our users call it as
'MS Access + Visual Basic for the web'.
So,
what happens when you migrate your database (MDB file) from MS Access
to Zoho Creator? Your entire database structure and data are migrated
to Zoho Creator and an application is automatically created with Forms
(Tables) and Views etc. This is a quick way of creating a web-based
collaborative database app from your non-collaborative Access DB. Once
the MS Access DB is migrated to Zoho Creator, the collaborative nature
kicks in where the entire application (or parts of it) can be shared
with multiple users.
To summarize the core functionality of this plug-in into three short points, this is what it does...
- Migrates your Database from MS Access (MDB File) to Zoho Creator
- Automatically creates a web-based database app from your MS Access database &
- Allows you to share your applications with others
This video should give you a good idea on how this works...
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Check out: Why you should migrate from MS Access to Zoho Creator
Zoho
Creator platform offers more flexibility for your applications. Once
you have your app migrated from your MDB file, you can edit your
existing application online and can also add additional business logic
using Deluge Script, our scripting language. The power of Deluge Script
makes it easy to design business workflows and perform a variety of
automated actions based on the criteria specified. If you have your app
created and if you are not a Creator expert, but want to take advantage
of our advanced functionality, we have many developers in our
community who are willing to help you with your app. If you think your
migrated application can be valuable for other users, you can also sell
your application in Zoho Marketplace.
You can also Migrate MS Access DB to Zoho Reports:
This
migration tool not only imports your data to Zoho Creator, but it can
also import the data to Zoho Reports, our Online Business Intelligence
tool that lets you analyze your data and create powerful reports
including charts, pivot tables dashboards etc., Once you have your data
imported from Access, similar tables are automatically created in Zoho
Reports and are available for analysis.
This
Migration tool is available for free. So whether you want to create a
web-based database app from your existing data, or analyze your data or
share it with others, this migration tool makes it extremely easy.
We
certainly hope you'll find this tool useful. As usual, we can't wait to
see the amazing apps you build on our Zoho Creator platform.
