Leave out certain dates on Access report - ms-access

Question

I have a report in Access 2013 that prints an equipment log. There is a bunch of dates listed for each piece of equipment. I wanted to only print the newest date for each piece of equipment. I have searched the internet and this site with no luck. So any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
My SQL statement is:
SELECT dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.equipment_id, dbo_equipment.description, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.transaction_no, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.job_no, dbo_jobs.description, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.date_booked, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.delivery_time, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.line_no, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.row_modified_by, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.comment
FROM (dbo_eq_location_transfer_d INNER JOIN dbo_jobs ON dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.job_no = dbo_jobs.job_no) INNER JOIN dbo_equipment ON dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.equipment_no = dbo_equipment.equipment_no
ORDER BY dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.equipment_id, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.transaction_no;
The date_booked field is the date field I am trying narrow down. I have a simple SQL query that works and I have been trying copy that into the about SQL but cannot seem to get it to mesh. It is:
SELECT [dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.equipment_no], Max(dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.date_booked) AS ["Newest Date"]
FROM dbo_eq_location_transfer_d
GROUP BY [dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.equipment_no];

Answer 1

In your query set the date fields criteria to:
>Now()-30
This will show any dates for the last 30 days just change 30 to the number of days you want to see.

Answer 2

Now that I understand your structure & data, here is what I did:
(1) Create the following query to select only the most recent 'date_booked' for each 'equipment_no'; save the query with name '23020071_A':
SELECT dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.equipment_no,
First(dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.transaction_no) AS FirstOftransaction_no,
First(dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.job_no) AS FirstOfjob_no,
First(dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.date_booked) AS FirstOfdate_booked
FROM (dbo_eq_location_transfer_d
INNER JOIN dbo_jobs ON dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.job_no = dbo_jobs.job_no)
INNER JOIN dbo_equipment ON dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.equipment_no = dbo_equipment.equipment_no
GROUP BY dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.equipment_no
ORDER BY First(dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.date_booked) DESC;
(2) I created the following query combining the new query with your existing query:
SELECT dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.equipment_id, dbo_equipment.description,
dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.transaction_no, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.job_no,
dbo_jobs.description, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.date_booked,
dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.delivery_time, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.line_no,
dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.row_modified_by, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.comment
FROM 23020071_A INNER JOIN ((dbo_eq_location_transfer_d
INNER JOIN dbo_jobs ON dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.job_no = dbo_jobs.job_no)
INNER JOIN dbo_equipment ON dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.equipment_no = dbo_equipment.equipment_no)
ON ([23020071_A].FirstOftransaction_no = dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.transaction_no)
AND ([23020071_A].equipment_no = dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.equipment_no)
AND ([23020071_A].FirstOfjob_no = dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.job_no)
ORDER BY dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.equipment_id, dbo_eq_location_transfer_d.transaction_no;
Now when I run the second query, it returns only the most recent row for that piece of equipment.