AIS chapter 10 Chapter 10: Database Modeling In databases, are their information or data? What is information?

Data that adds value to the userusers determine if the information is valuable. How do you package data? In order for data to reside in a database, it has to be formatted a certain way. Databasese are modeled using two approaches: REA(Resources, Events, Agents)EventBox symbol represents activities or events Two boxes connected What is the relationship between the credit and purchase order? Before a purchase order is granted, they must run a credit check. In database relationships there are: One to one One to many Many to many (page 466-467) cardinality Economic resource-anything that affects positive or negative change What is the primary key for cash? The bank account in which the cash lies What is the foreign key for the cash table in your database? Outside intervention Attributes of cash: balance What are attributes to employees? Address, SS#, What is ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)-systems that connects the entire organization under one umbrellaexample people soft Strong features---allows information to travel throughout the organization Whats the biggest ERP in the world (brand)? SAP ( OLAP( ) Online Analytical Procedure-tool that reports that give results of the variances of the manufacturing of an organizationgives you the ability to drill deep down into the organizationqualitiesti allows you to exaimine data from different point of views LANlocal area networks WANwide are networks Data warehouses-where you store data in systemsis used to do data mining How do you set up data warehouses? 1. Extract the datathen clean the data, then transformthen fit it (or load it) What does a database warehouse facilitate? You can find out information about your corporation that youre not aware ofanalogyyour closet

Risk associated with setting up ERP systems: Costs Pace of implementationthe time it takes to implement Cost Overuns Scalability-the ability to add functionalities to the system How do you set up internal controls in an ERP?