Sum Last Orders by Customer in Microsoft Access

In this Microsoft Access tutorial, you will learn how to generate the sum of the last orders for each of your customers. I will show you how to create aggregate queries to identify the most recent orders, use DSum to display totals, and provide tips for handling customers with multiple orders on the same date.

Grant from Olathe, Kansas (a Platinum Member) asks: Most of my regular customers make a single purchase each month, usually for the same items. How can I generate a total that includes only each customer's most recent order? I'd like to use this information to estimate my sales for the upcoming month. I can't simply use last month's overall sales data because it includes many walk-in customers, but my regulars purchase almost consistently every month.

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In the extended cut, we will learn how to use VBA to achieve the same result we just accomplished with queries. I will show you how to loop through all the customers, determine their most recent order, and add the totals using a record set loop.

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Prerequisites

• Invoicing
• Aggregate Query
• DSum

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