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how to best structure this?
i am upgrading a cost calculator from excel to access so need some advice on
the best way to structure this please!? i'm starting with one spreadsheet called Linehaul Costs, which details the breakdown of the costs and the total calculated cost to get to each destination. i will describe how my excel table is set up first: at the top of the table i have a user entered field for "handling at uplift" and "average container weight" then i have a list of linehaul suppliers with 2 columns, "fuel surcharge" and "base container weight" then i have a table with destinations which has 4 columns Column 1 is "base cost" (some are user entered and some are calculations as some destinations is the same cost as 1 route plus a second leg to get to the final destination Column 2 is "additional weight" the amount charged per extra tonne. Column 3 is the subtotal of the base cost + (the additional weight * the difference between the between the average container weight and the suppliers base weight) Column 4 is the total cost which is calculated as the subtotal + suppliers fuel surcharge + handling at uplift So far in Access I have created a table listing my Destinations and another table listing my Linehaul suppliers, I'm unsure of the best way to merge the rest of the data in to access, some destinations have more than one supplier and in the final cost calculation the user has to choose which suppliers they are using in their quote. i hope this makes sense and someone can point me in the right direction! |
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