Scan locally
Install AccessInsighter, select an authorized Access database and run the scan on your own computer.
AccessInsighter (ASI) · A Karris capability under evaluation
Unlock more value from your Access database—and the investment behind it.
Your Microsoft Access database holds more than data—it reflects years of business knowledge, processes and investment. AccessInsighter documents its structure and logic, giving you and your chosen AI service a foundation for exploring what comes next: external dashboards, analysis with Power Pivot or Power BI, new integrations and application enhancements.
Build on what already works, with a clearer understanding of how your data is organised and used.
AccessInsighter supports discovery and planning; connecting data and building these solutions require separate tools and implementation.
Evidence in practice
See an onboarding guide created from ASI evidence.
ASI scan outputs gave ChatGPT the application evidence it used to create a practical new-employee guide for the NorthwindTradersPlus order and inventory application.
Created directly by ChatGPTThis guide is presented exactly as ChatGPT produced it. Karris Consulting has not edited its content.
Open the onboarding guide How it works
One scan. Reusable evidence. Questions as they arise.
Review the outputs
Examine the human-readable report and structured inventory, including any information that should not be shared.
Ask your AI
Choose which outputs to provide to your preferred AI service and ask questions in ordinary business language.
What remains local
Your database and scan results are not automatically sent to Karris.
What you control
You decide what to share with an AI service and should review every output first.
A familiar example
Northwind, with one small addition.
NorthwindTradersPlus is based on Microsoft’s familiar Northwind sample database. For this demonstration, a small planning extension was added to check whether a customer order can be fulfilled from current stock or expected production.
A question for the evidence
“What does this database do?”
ASI outputs were provided to an AI assistant for an evidence-based, application-wide review.
Plain-language answer
NorthwindTradersPlus is an integrated order-management and inventory application.
It maintains customers, employees, products and suppliers; processes sales and purchase orders; records stock activity; and supports invoicing, shipping, payments, reporting and administration.
Its added availability-planning feature examines a selected customer order against current inventory and expected production. It prepares a product-level fulfillment plan showing what appears to be available now, what may be supplied by planned production, and where a shortage or later promise date may exist.
How ASI helped
From captured evidence to useful business understanding.
Evidence identified
- Startup and navigation paths
- Sales and purchase-order processes
- Inventory and allocation calculations
- Availability-planning logic
- Reports, exports and administration
Understanding produced
- What the application is for
- Which business processes it supports
- How an order progresses
- How availability is determined
- What still requires verification
Questions you might explore
Start with what you need to understand.
Where does this report get its information?How is this number calculated?What happens when an order changes status?What could be affected by a proposed change?What should I discuss with my database professional?Which conclusions still require testing?
Help shape an affordable option
Help us shape an affordable way to better understand your Microsoft Access database.
Karris is evaluating whether a pay-per-scan service would provide a useful, affordable starting point. A short questionnaire asks about your needs, the level of help you would value, and what you might reasonably pay for that option.
Short demand questionnaire
Share your perspective in Microsoft Forms.
The questionnaire takes only a few minutes. No Microsoft account or sign-in is required, and you may respond anonymously. Name and email are requested only if you would welcome a brief follow-up conversation.
Open the questionnaire
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A clearer starting point
Understand more yourself. Know when to involve a professional.
AccessInsighter is not intended to replace qualified professional review of complex or high-risk changes. Its purpose is to create an affordable, evidence-based starting point for understanding the application and having better-informed conversations.