...407 Week 3 Database Paper In the business world, most people will find a need for a database software program to store or house data pertaining to their business. There are however, multiple things to consider before one makes their final choice on what software they will be using. A few things that should be addressed are the type of software desired, either open-source or propriety, and what characteristics of the database meets the company’s needs. There are two basic types of database programs people can choose from when deciding what they want for their small business, an open-source database or a propriety one. While both of these are similar, they still have their advantages and disadvantages. First, consider what an open-source program is. The term open-source means exactly what it sounds like; the source code for the software is completely open and free to the public. Some advantages that come with this are the fact there is no upfront costs when it comes to obtaining the database program. While this sounds great, one needs to consider the tools the business has at its disposal. If you do not have the people to manage the databases and run them, then more employees must be hired in order to support the system. This can lead to more cost in the long run. So the fact that it’s free can also be a disadvantage. Another advantage to open-source database systems is a lot of them have a huge following such as MYSQL. MYSQL is database that is designed to use Standard Query...
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...EDITION Chapter 6 FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: DATABASES AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Management Information Systems CHAPTER 6: FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: DATABASES AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Learning Objectives • Describe how the problems of managing data resources in a traditional file environment are solved by a database management system • Describe the capabilities and value of a database management system • Apply important database design principles • Evaluate tools and technologies for accessing information from databases to improve business performance and decision making • Assess the role of information policy, data administration, and data quality assurance in the management of a firm’s data resources 2 © Pearson Education 2012 Management Information Systems CHAPTER 6: FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: DATABASES AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Organizing Data in a Traditional File Environment • File organization concepts – – – – Database: Group of related files File: Group of records of same type Record: Group of related fields Field: Group of characters as word(s) or number • Describes an entity (person, place, thing on which we store information) • Attribute: Each characteristic, or quality, describing entity – E.g., Attributes Date or Grade belong to entity COURSE 3 © Pearson Education 2012 Management Information Systems CHAPTER 6: FOUNDATIONS OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: DATABASES AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Organizing...
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...Business Rules and Data Models DeMone Wallace Professor Carmen Flores CIS 111 July 25, 2015 Databases are very helpful because they contain and organize content on many different topics. Perhaps the three most important uses of creating and using a database would be to store, retrieve, and analyze information. A database can typically be accessed easily, and is usually stored on computers. Although an electronic version such as one created in Microsoft Access may be the first that comes to mind, there are many non-automated database versions as well, such as a personal phone and address book. Though the data and categories may change from business to business, the direct use of the information in a college student database can vary from marketing and advertising to obtaining new student enrollment and creating programs for funding. When collecting information for databases that are used for business purposes, certain laws must be followed that protect consumers to avoid the mishandling of the information. Data collected by college databases serve multiple purposes from marketing and advertising, to government and business reporting. Information that may be commonly useful in this type of database is date of birth, marital status, sex, income, race, location, and veterans/military status. When students are searching for colleges and universities online, student surveys collect demographic information used for tracking enrollment trends. In 2010, Collegetrend.com prompted...
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...|Title |IT205 Smart Scenario - Clarifying Business Strategy Through Database Analysis | |Event Coordinator | |What are the current problems that the Event Coordinator is having? (multiple choice, multi-select) | | | |☐ System is disconnected from other departments. | |☑ Too much manual intervention in the business process. | |☐ Required information is not always available. | |☐ Information retention is inefficient or non-existent. | |☐ Poor use of available information technology resources. | |☑ Insufficient use of database technology or tools. | |☐ Poor communication. ...
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...Relational database Relational databases are the standard when creating industrial standard efficient and scalable databases. They are based on a structure of tables which are logically connected to each other and can be queried in complex way to extract relevant and meaningful information. The querying of a relational database is done using a high level language called SQL which stands for structured query language. SQL is very easy to understand and unlike traditional programming languages does not rely on arcane syntax, rather structured query language uses English like meaningful syntax in its operations. As opposed to flat file databases this logical organization of data across tables in the form of columns greatly simplifies the organization and retrieval of highly complex data. As the business needs of the client rises so will the size and complexity of data, on of the biggest advantages of relational databases is the scalability associated with them, so as the company grows expanding the database will not be a problem and making sense of the data and extracting meaningful information from it will only get slightly harder. Relational databases come with a plethora of security options and views can be enforced to ensure that unauthorized access to the sensitive information in the database is not allowed. Relational databases also avoid redundancy of information and such databases can be highly optimized by methods such as normalization and good database design to ensure...
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...Material Database Environment, Development Process, and Staffing Tables Part I Database Environment Table Describe each component of the database environment, and provide a common vendor-supplied example or an example of how this component relates to the rest of the database environment. |Components |Description |Example | |Database Management |The Computer Software application that |MySQL, MS-SQL, Oracle IBM DB2.. Etc | |System (DBMS) |interacts with the user and other applications | | |Repository |A storage location for safety of preservation |Dimensions, Maven, | |Metadata |Data the describes other data. |Card Catalogs in the old days, Digital | | | |Photos have metadata describing the photo| | | |location, apature size, etc. | |Case Tools |Computer aided software engineering tools. A |Umbrello, Visio (Kinda) etc. | | |domain of tools to design and implement | | | |software | | |Database ...
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...food business specialized in desserts and drinks. It is located at San Antonio Village, Barangay Culiat Quezon City. They Opened Last July 2015. What inspires them to build this business is the passion of Sharlene Sandaan (one of the owner) to make desserts and blended drinks. And she also loves to eat Most of the people who visit the said business are students from different schools. For they offer foods and drinks in a reasonable price that ranges from 60 to 90 pesos. One of their best selling products is the shawarma and chocolate frappe. As of now, they already have 20 products in their menu and still looking forward to add more. As the said business grows, they experienced issues in their daily business transaction. One of these is the inconsistency of records. The order of the customer doesn’t match the list of orders the employee took. The business also experienced unorganized records due to manual life processing system. They used paper to list the orders of the customer. Sometimes it is hard to avoid erasures and tampering when the customer suddenly changes their mind in th eir orders and it’s what makes harder to understand. At the end of the day they will compile all the order papers and because of the rowdy Production area some of it is already missing. 2.2 Benefits Company This database design it will preserve records of MDS especially their daily business transactions which are helpful in retrieving data if reports needed. Employee This database design...
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...the business process. ☑ Required information is not always available. ☑ Information retention is inefficient or non-existent. ☑ Poor use of available information technology resources. ☑ Insufficient use of database technology or tools. ☐ Poor communication. How could a proper database system and subsequent tools serve to improve the issues this department is having? (short answer) Have no database to keep track of clients. Only way of customer feedback is through cards and they do not reply. Database could do all that for them. They schedule staff by previous seasons. Database could give accurate occupancy. Database could advertise and rent rooms. Front Desk What are the current problems that the Front Desk is having? (multiple choice, multi-select) ☑ System is disconnected from other departments. ☑ Too much manual intervention in the business process. ☑ Required information is not always available. ☑ Information retention is inefficient or non-existent. ☑ Poor use of available information technology resources. ☑ Insufficient use of database technology or tools. ☐ Poor communication. How could a proper database system and subsequent tools serve to improve the issues this department is having? (short answer) Recepts should be logged into computer at once for all departments to view. Reports are printed montyhly and passed around. Information should be in database to be viewed all the time. Information should be monitored by a database for accurancy...
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...Checkpoint: BIRT Sample Database University of Phoenix XBIS/219 Abstract A business must keep track of data in order to improve, and adapt to be successful with their completion. The BIRT sample database software helps business by providing them with the software needed to keep track of important information such as office sales, orders, customers’ information, payments, products, and most important keeping track of the paperwork of the employees they employ, and keeps the company running smoothly. By obtaining BIRT sample database software a business decision-making improves and the business owner, and managers have visual data that displays what need to be to ensure the success of their business. This essay will detail the need of the BIRT database software for businesses; identify the advantages that a business will enjoy by obtaining the BIRT software, and discuss the different types of use the Brit software offer that can use many different ways by businesses that rely heavy on a quality data recording software. Keywords: database, software, advantages, usage, and business. BIRT Sample Database A business needs BIRT database software to centralize storage of their information electronically to make it easier for them to find and cross-reference information about their business and customers. When database software was introduced to businesses majority of business owners capitalize on the opportunity of a simpler way of storing business, and customer files,...
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...Oracle® Business Intelligence Applications Installation Guide for Informatica PowerCenter Users Release 7.9.6.4 E35271-01 November 2012 Provides the steps to install and set up Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Release 7.9.6.4. Oracle Business Intelligence Applications Installation Guide for Informatica PowerCenter Users, Release 7.9.6.4 E35271-01 Copyright © 2009, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Primary Author: P Brownbridge This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish, or display any part, in any form, or by any means. Reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of this software, unless required by law for interoperability, is prohibited. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice and is not warranted to be error-free. If you find any errors, please report them to us in writing. If this is software or related documentation that is delivered to the U.S. Government or anyone licensing it on behalf of the U.S. Government, the following notice is applicable: U.S. GOVERNMENT END USERS: Oracle programs, including any operating system, integrated software, any programs installed...
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...Database Design Paper Amanda Chavez DBM/380 February 16, 2015 Pamela Hurd It is important for a business to keep track of certain data. Data management works best if the business has a computer database. A database is a computer structure that stores end-user data and metadata. A database allows data to be saved, managed and retrieved whenever data is needed. It is essential for businesses to save all of their data, such as products they are selling, because this type of data can become useful when there is a decision to be made. Businesses can use the data as a source. Businesses use databases as a way to store their data. They are able to retrieve the data whenever they need it. Modern businesses depend heavily on databases. Databases store a business’ valuable data. A business’ database can hold email addresses, phone numbers, and names which can help the business sell more of their products and/or services. Databases are also used to provide information to the general public. For example, long ago we used the Yellow Pages to look up a person’s contact information. Nowadays, the YP book is still made but they also have the website, which is more modern for today. Database architecture uses programming languages to design, develop, implement and maintain a certain type of software that allows businesses to store information. The goal is to meet the needs of users. Oracle is an example of database architecture. Oracle Database is the first database created for “enterprise...
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...Open Object Business Intelligence Release 1.0 Tiny SPRL 2009-04-09 CONTENTS i ii Open Object Business Intelligence, Release 1.0 I 1 2 Part 1 : Introduction Goal of the project What is for User? 2.1 2.2 2.3 For the end-user: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For the administrator user: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For the developer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 9 9 9 9 11 12 15 3 OLAP 3.1 Who uses OLAP and Why? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Terminologies II 5 6 Part 2 : Architecture Schema Components 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 The Cube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The CLI interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Cube Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Web Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The OpenOffice plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Open ERP interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 19 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 23 25 26 7 Extra libraries 8 Introduction to the OpenObject Module 8.1...
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...MBS Library Service A Quick Guide to Electronic Resources www.mbs.ac.uk/library The MBS Library website provides a convenient gateway to a wide range of business information resources and services: • • MBS Library service Use this link for details of resources and support provided by the MBS Library Service. It also includes links to: Library Catalogue Provides details e-books (where available) held by MBS Library service and the wider the John Rylands University Library. Note: Using the Catalogue is the easiest way to search for electronic books Electronic Resources Use this link for access to electronic journals and our collection of business & management databases. • Accessing library resources where you are Our electronic resources are provided by information suppliers and publishers. To access these resources from home, you need to show that you are a student of the University of Manchester. There are two ways to do this: • Access with VPN: (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!) The VPN software provides a secure connection between your computer and the University network so that you can access resources normally used on campus, such as library catalogues, faculty intranets and datasets. Please note: download VPN to a personal computer/laptop and not one in your workplace as local firewalls often prevent successful installation. The University’s VPN service gives your PC a University of Manchester IP address which automatically shows that you are a student of the University. More...
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...real-world environment. The database designer uses data models to facilitate the interaction amongdesigners, application programmers, and end users. In short, a good data model is a communicationsdevice that helps eliminate (or at least substantially reduce) discrepancies between the databasedesign’s components and the real world data environment. The development of data models, bolstered by powerful database design tools, has made it possible to substantially diminish thedatabase design error potential. (Review Section 2.1 in detail.) 2. What is a business rule, and what is its purpose in data modelling? A business rule is a brief, precise, and unambiguous description of a policy, procedure, or principle within a specific organization’s environment. In a sense, business rules are misnamed: they apply to any organization -- a business, a government unit, a religious group, or a research laboratory; large or small -- that stores and uses data to generate information. Business rules are derived from a description of operations. As its name implies, a description of operations is a detailed narrative that describes the operational environment of an organization. Such a description requires great precision and detail. If the description of operations is incorrect or incomplete, the business rules derived from it will not reflect the real world data environment accurately, thus leading to poorly defined data models, which lead to poor database designs. In turn, poor database designs lead to...
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...Riordan Business-to-Business Web Site Use Case Scenarios Analysis In deciding which way to take Riordan Manufacturing’s business-to-business web site use case studies were performed and the top two scenarios were chosen for further analysis. Both scenarios present a way for Riordan to improve raw material ordering through different means. In order to decide which path to take the two scenarios will be discussed in greater detail including a brief synopsis on the technological role involving systems analysis and design, database design, programming, networking, and the web. Use Case 1 As described before, in use case scenario 1, a Riordan employee would log into a business-to-business web site and place an order with one of our partnered vendors as Figure 1 depicts. The employee logs into the secure website, chooses a vendor from a list, selects from the common list of products purchased from the vendor, chooses a quantity and enters a required by date, the vendor receives notification of an order, verifies credit status or requests credit card information, fills the order, generates an invoice, and ships the order to our warehouse. Use Case 2 In use case scenario 2, as shown in Figure 2, the approach to replenishing key inventory levels resides with the vendor. Triggers in the database alert the vendor via email that the level is at its threshold and then the supplier logs into the secure business-to-business web site, issues an order to ship replenishment supplies...
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