Awards, Reviews, and Customer Comments for Total Access Analyzer

Awards

Winner of every Best Access Add-in award since 1994 and more awards than any other Access product, Total Access Analyzer is the world's premier database analysis and documentation program for Microsoft Access.

Best Access Add-In	Best Access Developer Tool	Best Access Documentation	Best Debugging Tool	Best Access Add-in
Best Documentation Tool	Best Documentation Tool	Best Development Library	Best Access Add-in	Best Access Add-in

Rave Reviews

Discover why so many developers rely on Total Access Analyzer to help them deliver better and more robust Access applications:

Published Product Reviews

Total Access Analyzer is a solid product that any Access developer should have in their toolbox; and one that will pay for itself in short order. (Review)
Geoff Hollander, Northwest Database Services, Portland Access User Group

I find that clients are impressed and comforted when I provide them with detailed documentation about the applications that I build. Total Access Analyzer is an easy-to-use tool that quickly generates documentation sure to impress just about any boss or client. (Read More)
Alison Balter, Trainer, Author of Mastering Microsoft Access

I could summarize Total Access Analyzer in one sentence: "You have to have this program!"
Thomas Wagner, Access-Office-VB Advisor Product Review

...an indispensable tool for debugging, analysis and documentation.
Dave Chowning, Access-Office-VB Advisor Product Review

The only way to really know what's going on in your database. I especially like its module analysis and the way it catches unused variables and procedures.
Ken Getz, Microsoft MVP and Access Author

An indispensable utility that comprehensively documents Access databases... Every serious Access user should own a copy.
Paul Litwin, Editor of Smart Access

Total Access Analyzer remains one of the most essential add-ins on the market for the serious Access developer.
Mike Gunderloy, Microsoft Online Certified Professional Magazine

Total Access Analyzer is a unique tool. If you want to know everything there is to know about your Access database - and I do mean everything - use Total Access Analyzer.
Thomas Wagner, Access-Office-VB Advisor Product Review

After running the documenter on a second database I began to panic, thinking that perhaps I had overwritten the documentation of my first database (which required an hour to compile). I scrambled for the user manual (it comes with a printed manual) and quickly located the section, Selecting Another Output Database to View. Yes, multiple output databases are saved for future reference and comparison. Over time you could collect what amounts to "snapshots" of your database schema, objects and their properties. That's a great feature!
Danny Lesandrini, Database Journal

While the amount of detail generated by Total Access Analyzer is extraordinary, the product is easy to use - all its features are available through push buttons or check boxes.
John Taschek, PC Week Product Review

It's a superb add-in. Every Microsoft Access user and developer should own a copy.
David Risher, Access Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

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Customer Comments

Total Access Analyzer is an amazing product that I’ve relied on and recommended for years. It’s a huge time saver.
Sal Ricciardi Programming Writer, Microsoft Corporation

I've had great success with Total Access Analyzer.
James Shields, CEO, Mabry Software, Inc.

I must say I love Total Access Analyzer! Whenever I get a DB application built by a not-so-professional, the first thing I do is run it through Total Access Analyzer. It saves my hours if not days of manually finding the flaws.
Bill Mosca, Microsoft Access MVP

In response to a question about getting a third party Microsoft Access documenter:
"The best tool is Total Access Analyzer"
Boyd Trimmell, Microsoft Access MVP, Access Author

I've always found Total Access Analyzer to be a great source of information about your database. I also use Total Access Detective, which is great for determining the differences between two Access databases.
LSMConsulting, Microsoft Access Database "Prodigy", Experts-Exchange

I've been using Total Access Analyzer in its various versions since 2000 - it's a 'must have' tool for me. (This is a big deal - I seldom endorse anything!)....First act when I take over a db is run Total Access Analyzer so I've got a proper idea of what I'm dealing with. It's also the last thing I do on my way out the door. I always do several comprehensive sets of TAA reports for my clients - a set saved as PDFs on a network share, another 2 sets of pdf burned to CD (one for my own files), plus one printed set for the manager and one for the support guys.
John O'Rourke, Application Developer, Forest Hills, NY

I used Total Access Analyzer to create a data dictionary for our 12 products in less than one week. Before using Total Access Analyzer, I avoided doing this for ~2 years because I did not think I would ever have the time to complete the project. I used this information to reduce the number of data names from ~3000 to under 500. It 'paid' for itself in one week.
Ron Lyon, MedIntelligence, Sacramento, CA

The product is great! I had four Access databases with linked tables to SQL Server. Each database had some 60 forms, 80 ODBC linked and/or local tables, 200 queries, and around 100 reports each. I needed to clean up and combine these database front-ends and their respective SQL back ends. I don't know if I would have accomplished this with out using Total Access Analyzer. With the use of this tool I was able to clean up the VBA in all modules (get it to a compiled state). I was able to cross reference every object in the database (down to the field) such that I could find and remove unused objects and or correct errors.
Dave Patrick, Microsoft MVP Windows NT Operating Systems

Well, I took the plunge and purchased it. It's &%#@*&% great!
chtullu135, Experts-Exchange

FMS and their software has saved my keister more times than I can count. They have been documenting my applications since 1994. They have been "agenting" for some of my customers since 2000. Just the documentation tools of Total Access Analyzer helped me write better and more streamlined code by nagging me into it.
jadedata, Experts-Exchange

Total Access Analyzer solves Access documentation headaches for good! It not only saves weeks of time in documenting Access databases, it's also easy to understand and has a great user interface.
Daine Niemand, KPMG, South Africa

Your software products are very high quality and extremely helpful for us. They aided us greatly in achieving a better quality of programming! Thank you very much for your hard work on the newest version of Total Access Analyzer!
Tilo Schinke, Germany

I’ve been using Total Access Analyzer for about 5 years now. I use Total Access Analyzer almost exclusively for analysis of a database, and especially when I’m taking on a project that someone else built. The application is invaluable for getting documentation started, analysis of the design, design flaws, and especially getting an understanding for the overall feel of the application. I’ve recommended this product to numerous friends, and convinced my currently employer to make it a standard part of a new PC build for developers and analysts.
Richard Kline, Developer III / Team Lead, Litton Loan Servicing LP

I have only been at my current company for 4 months developing the in-house systems. It is never easy inheriting somebody else's work, but is made particularly difficult here, as we do work for the pharmaceutical industry and everything we do has to meet stringent 'Good Laboratory Practice' guidelines. This means we have to rigorously test and document everything. Total Access Analyzer has proved invaluable in assisting me in this testing and I am delighted to get my hands on the shipping product - especially as we have a Government inspection on Monday and I can now get all the paperwork right up to date!
Peter Schmidt, Developer

I have been a fan of FMS since about 1996 when I found your free 3D text add-in for Access 2.0!! I was in college at the time and found your site to be a fantastic resource for learning about Access. I currently use the Total Access Analyzer here at work. It's awesome.
Dave Totzke, Andrés Wines Ltd.

Total Access Analyzer is great. It has improved my code, kept my boss happy about documentation and is easy and intuitive to use. Great Job!
T. Williams, Australia

One day when I was checking out the FMS homepage I took a look at Total Access Analyzer and found that it might be worth checking a bit closer. I downloaded the free demo and took a tour. It had the printout functions that I had been looking for and it had so much more. I now have my own copy and I feel sorry for those who don't - this is THE TOOL!
Hugo Pedersen, Denmark

Total Access Analyzer has saved me a lot of time. It's THE program to keep overview in large Access applications, and is also very handy for documenting applications.
W.M.J. Kruse, Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V., The Netherlands

Total Access Analyzer is the most comprehensive analysis tool for Access development that money can buy. It pays for itself with your very first analysis run against an MDB.
Wayne Macaulay, Cybermed Corporation, Cary, NC

Total Access Analyzer saved me weeks of code cleaning and greatly enhanced my applications' performance!
Kevin Mullins BSC, KDM Technologies, London, England

The Total Access Analyzer is a must have tool for any Access developer! Until Total Access Analyzer, there was no easy and quick way to fully document and understand the architecture of an Access database. This tool paid for itself the first time my team used it and continues to pay for itself over and over. This tool is critical when reverse engineering databases we have inherited from other developers. When a developer has not incorporated good development practices, understanding the database architecture has been like trying to navigate the New York subway system without a map. Total Access Analyzer allows us to map out the database to start making sense of how the various objects are being used. We can then begin to eliminate unused objects. Finally we start figuring out how to clean up the database. Using traditional methods (lots of wasted time hand mapping the system) this could take days. Now we can do it in matter of minutes. Another tool that has proven helpful is Total Access Detective. The ability to compare objects can help us to quickly tell the difference between various objects with in different versions of a database.
Chris Kunicki, Senior Associate, Team Technical Lead, Plural, NY

My company has purchased Total Access Analyzer. As the primary developer here, I can say that I love Access Analyzer. I wish I'd had this a year ago! Thanks to the entire FMS team!
M. Garstin

Part way through the development cycle, near a critical delivery date of the application, I had a problem with my Access database and ran Total Access Analyzer. I used the Module and Field XREF to locate several modules and fields that were inadvertently being used in calculations. It proved extremely useful in locating what I needed, and I was able to deliver the application to the client.
Roger Giesel, CCI