How To Make An Access Report Based On Form Inputs

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Many times you want your report based on dynamic criteria. In this post I am going
to show you how you can generate a report based on data selected from combo box inputs on your form.

It’s easier to do with VBA. I’ll show you here:

Here I have a form called “frmParameters” with 3 combo boxes reflecting data from my table, “tblReportData”.

When I make my selections and click the “Produce Report” button, I get the following report result:

Here is my code for the filter form, “frmParameters”:

Option Compare Database

Private Sub cboFindingID_AfterUpdate()

    Dim strSQL2 As String

    If Len(Me.cboFindingID) > 0 Then
        strSQL2 = "SELECT DISTINCT [Bldg Number], [Finding ID] FROM tblReportData WHERE  [Finding ID]= '" & Me.cboFindingID & "'"
    Else
        strSQL2 = "SELECT DISTINCT [Bldg Number] FROM tblReportData "
    End If
    
    
    Me.cboBuildingNumber.RowSource = strSQL2
    
End Sub

Private Sub cboBuildingNumber_AfterUpdate()

    Dim strSQL3 As String
    
    If Len(Me.cboBuildingNumber) > 0 Then
        strSQL3 = "SELECT DISTINCT [Rating Description] FROM tblReportData WHERE  [Bldg Number]= '" & Me.cboBuildingNumber & "'"
    Else

        strSQL3 = "SELECT DISTINCT [Rating Description] FROM tblReportData  "
    End If

    Me.cboRatingDesc.RowSource = strSQL3
End Sub


Private Sub btnProduceReport_Click()
    
    DoCmd.OpenReport "rptReportData", acViewPreview
    
End Sub

…and here is the code for the report, “rptReportData”

Option Compare Database

Private Sub Report_Open(Cancel As Integer)
    Dim strSQL As String
    Dim strWhere As String
    
    strSQL = "SELECT * FROM tblReportData WHERE "
    
    If Not IsNull(Forms("frmParameters").Controls("cboFindingID")) Then
        strWhere = "[Finding ID] = '" & Forms("frmParameters").Controls("cboFindingID") & "'"
    End If
    
    If Not IsNull(Forms("frmParameters").Controls("cboBuildingNumber")) Then
        strWhere = strWhere & " AND [Bldg Number] = '" & Forms("frmParameters").Controls("cboBuildingNumber") & "'"
    End If
        
    If Not IsNull(Forms("frmParameters").Controls("cboRatingDesc")) Then
        strWhere = strWhere & " AND [Rating Description] = '" & Forms("frmParameters").Controls("cboRatingDesc") & "'"
    End If
            
    'clean strWhere string
    If Left(strWhere, 4) = " AND" Then
        strWhere = Mid(strWhere, 5)
    End If
    
    Me.RecordSource = strSQL & strWhere
End Sub

Here’s the database:
access report parameters.accdb

Let me know if you have any questions.