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Excel Database Template

By Madhuri ThakurMadhuri Thakur

Excel Database Template

Database Template in Excel (Table of Contents)

  • What is Database Template?
  • How to Create a Database Template?

What is Database Template?

We will first understand the definition of a database template before we learn how to create one.

Database: A database can be defined as collecting raw data that is organised properly to give the required information. E.g., Sales database, Employee database, etc…
Template: A template can be defined as the file prepared in a particular format for maintaining our data or inputting the data. It helps the user to understand what data fields need to input in the database.

How to Create a Database Template?

We covered what a database is and what is template now; we will see how to create a Database template in Excel. Let’s look at a few illustrations to create a database template in excel.

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Illustration #1 – Customer Database

Consider we are preparing our customer database. For the customer database, we need information like customer name, phone number, address, customer type, payment terms of the customer and contact person, etc. First, create a template format in which way we want to maintain our customer data. Below is the screenshot, for example.

Excel Database Template 1-1

If you felt all the required columns are added, then start inputting the data of your customers under each column of the heading. Find the below screenshot for reference; I entered a few records for your reference.

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Excel Database Template 1-2

Try not to leave any blanks in the cells. You can format the cells in your required format, like if you want to show any of your data cells in Bold, then apply the Bold format to the cells.

Excel Database Template 1-3

If there is a date available in your data, apply the required format for your date. After applying all the formats, save the table. Now it’s time to convert the data into the database table. Select the entire data and click on the insert button on the top left corner.

Excel Database Template 1-4

Click on the table option under the “Insert” menu tab.

Excel Database Template 1-5

A pop-up box will appear asking for the table address; it took that range as the data is already selected. Untick the checkbox “My table has headers” option if you do not select your data’s headers. Here we selected the headers also; hence I leave it as checked. Click on “Ok”.

Now your database table looks like below.

Excel Database Template 1-6

Illustration #2 – Change the Database Format

You can change the database design as you by clicking on the option “Design” highlighted with the red color box in the screenshot.

Change the Database Format 2-1

Remember the “Design” option will enable only if you select any of the cells in your database; once you select the Design option, the following options available for your database.

Change the Database Format 2-2

If you want to change the style of your database, select the required style format in the “Table Style “ section on the right.

Change the Database Format 2-3

You can use the below options as per your requirement. The below options are quite understandable; if you check and uncheck the checkboxes, you can find the difference in your database table.

Change the Database Format 2-4

Illustration #3 – Giving a Name to Database

We can give the name to the database using the option “Table name” on the left-hand corner in the design menu.

Giving the Name to Database 3-1

I give the name “Database”, as shown in the below screenshot.

Giving the Name to Database 3-2

You may think about the use of giving the name to the Database. Go to any other sheet in your workbook. Click on the drop-down of the name box; it will show our database name. The moment you select the database name, it will take us to our database.

Giving the Name to Database 3-3

Illustration #4 – Tools for Database

You can convert the database into normal data by using the option “Convert to range”. If you want to remove duplicates in any of the columns, use “Remove duplicates”.

Tools for Database 4-1

You can create a pivot table also using “Summarize with Pivotable”.

Tools for Database 4-2

We can create a slicer also as per requirement. A slicer is like a kind of filter. Click on the slicer option then the slicer menu will appear as below.

Tools for Database 4-3

Tick the checkboxes for which you want the slicers. I tick the checkboxes City and payment terms.

Tools for Database 4-4

Two slicers are available in our spreadsheet.

Tools for Database 4-5

If you click on “Banglore”, it will filter the data related to Banglore.

After setup all these settings, you can add your data whenever a new customer joins into the business.  Whenever a new data line input to your database, it will add that line to the database table and apply the formats according to your previous data formats.

Tools for Database 4-6

The database table will automatically increase when you enter the new line. I hope this helps you understand how to create a database template in Excel.

Things to Remember About Excel Database Template

  • Do not leave any blank line in between the data line because if you leave a line blank and start input from the other line, it will not consider that line into your database.
  • Once you input the data, even if you delete the data, it will also be part of your database table. You can observe line number 5 in the above picture, there is no data, but still, it is part of a database table. If you want to remove that kind of empty lines, click on the “Resize Table” option on the top left corner highlighted with a red color box. The same point will be applicable when we want to add the new column because you may require adding any additional data header item to the existing database.
  • When you are giving a name to the database, always use a unique name because the system will not allow duplication.
  • Remember, the “Design” menu will enable only when your cursor on the database; if your cursor is out of the database, it will not be visible.

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