QWT Business Intelligence
Project Plan
QWT Business Intelligence Project
Table of Contents
1 QWT Business Intelligence Project Requirements ...................................................................3
1.1 Key Measures.........................................................................................................................4
1.2 Key Performance Indicators..................................................................................................5
1.3 Key Dimensions.....................................................................................................................6
1.4 Trends....................................................................................................................................6
1.5 Key Selection Filters..............................................................................................................7
1.6 Security..................................................................................................................................8
1.7 Customers Data......................................................................................................................9
1.8 Products Data.......................................................................................................................10
1.9 Category Data......................................................................................................................11
1.10 Shipper Data.......................................................................................................................12
1.11 Orders Data........................................................................................................................13
1.12 Order Details Data.............................................................................................................14
1.13 Employee Data...................................................................................................................15
1.14 Office Data.........................................................................................................................16
1.15 Suppliers Data....................................................................................................................17
1.16 Budget Data.......................................................................................................................18
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1 QWT Business Intelligence Project Requirements
Business Need:
QWT provides high quality sports and leisure clothing products for men, women, and children to
a wide range of wholesale customers located throughout the world. QWT Business Intelligence
should provide summary to detail level sales data analysis through an easy-to-use, yet robust
and flexible interface capable of handling multiple levels of user expertise and requirements.
Analysis requirements include:
Multiple Key Business Indicators (KPIs)
Sales geographic analysis
Trend analysis covering a minimum of two years of detailed data.
Budget to Actual sales comparisons
Business analysis must include logical integration across multiple business data sources and
functional areas. The presentation layer for this analysis should deliver this integrated data
transparently to all users.
Document Summary:
This document contains general reporting requirements, key measurements, and available data
element types and descriptions. Critical axis dimensions and filters are also listed. It should be
noted that not all data elements are located in standard database format.
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1.1 Key Measures
The following table lists the Key Measures to be included in the analysis application. Some
of these measures will require calculation.
No.
1.1.1.1
1.1.1.2
1.1.1.3
1.1.1.4
1.1.1.5
1.1.1.6
1.1.1.7
1.1.1.8
1.1.1.9
Measure
Net Sales
Net Sales %
Total Unit Quantity
Total Orders
Total Products Sold
Total Employees
Description
The Net amount of the sale on the [Order Details] level,
calculated as:
([UnitPrice] * [Quantity]) * (1-Discount)
The relative percentage of Net Sales for a single value
in a dimension field compared to the total of all other
possible values in that field.
The sum of unit quantity over all possible data:
[Order Details].[Quantity]
Count of distinct orders:
[Orders].[OrderID]
Count of distinct products:
[Order Details].[ProductID]
Count of distinct employees:
[Employee].[EmpID]
SalesPerson
Count of distinct employees responsible for sales:
[Orders].[EmployeeID] inner join to [Employee].
[EmpID] - or [Employee].[Title] begins with Sal or
President
Average Annual Salary
Average of [Employee].[Year Salary]
Business Rules
1) The data should include detailed transaction level data for a minimum of 2 years, and
preferably four years.
2) The Sales Force Structure is selectable from the Office City down to the Sales Person.
This should allow drill down from the National level
Possible future enhancements:
Market Share
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1.2 Key Performance Indicators
The following table lists the primary Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to be included in the
analysis application. Ideally these measurements will indicate compliance with business
goals through an overall dashboard view, as well as detailed comparisons between
company geography, customers, and products.
No.
1.2.1.1
1.2.1.2
1.2.1.3
1.2.1.4
1.2.1.5
1.2.1.6
KPI
Description
Net Sales Change
The amount of change in Net Sales value from previous
year to current year by Customer
Net Sales Change %
The amount of change in Net Sales value from previous
year to current year by Customer expressed as a
percentage
Budget Actual
Revenue
The comparison of budget revenue amount to actual
revenue amount by year
Budget Actual Cost
The comparison of budget cost amount to actual cost
amount by year
Budget Actual Profit
The comparison of budget profit amount to actual profit
amount by year. Profit is defined as revenue - cost
Business Rules
Possible future enhancements:
Market Share
ALERT: Provide Email notification for all products on backorder, along with their backorder
amounts ([Products.UnitsOnOrder] [Products.UnitsInStock]) > 0
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1.3 Key Dimensions
The following table lists the Key Dimensions to be included in the analysis application.
No.
1.3.1.1
1.3.1.2
1.3.1.3
1.3.1.4
1.3.1.5
Field
Description
Customer
[Customers].[CompanyName]
Customer Contact
[Customers].[ContactName]
Sales Office
[Office].[City]
SalesPerson
[Employee].[First Name] [Employee].[Last Name]
for employees with sales responsibilities
Year of [Employee].[HireDate]
Employee Hire Year
1.4 Trends
The following table lists the Time Dimension Trending to be included in the analysis
application.
No.
1.4.1.1
1.4.1.2
1.4.1.3
1.4.1.4
1.4.1.5
1.4.1.6
Field
Description
Order Date
[Orders].[OrderDate]
Month
Month of [Orders].[OrderDate]
Quarter
Quarter of [Orders].[OrderDate]
Year
Year of [Orders].[OrderDate]
Rolling Month
24 Rolling Months from last month of data for [Orders].
[OrderDate]. Format should be : MMM-YYYY
(e.g. Jan-2004)
Business Rules
1) Drill down of Order Date time should be possible from Year to Quarter to Month to Date.
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1.5 Key Selection Filters
The following table lists the Key Selection Filters to be included in the analysis application.
No.
1.5.1.1
1.5.1.2
1.5.1.3
1.5.1.4
1.5.1.5
1.5.1.6
1.5.1.7
1.5.1.8
1.5.1.9
1.5.1.10
1.5.1.11
Field
Description
Customer
[Customers].[CompanyName]
Customer Country
[Customers].[Country]
Customer City
[Customers].[City]
Product
[Products].[ProductName]
Category
[Catagories].[CategoryName]
Year / Quarter / Month /
Day / Date
Based on [Orders].[OrderDate]
Rolling Month
Based on [Orders].[OrderDate]
SalesPerson
Employees responsible for sales:
[Orders].[EmployeeID] inner join to [Employee].
[EmpID] - or [Employee].[Title] begins with Sal or
President
Sales Title
[Employee].[Title] begins with Sal or President
Sales Office
[Office].[City]
Supplier
[Suppliers].[CompanyName]
1.5.1.12 Business Rules
1) Drill down of Order Date time should be possible from Year to Quarter to Month to Date.
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1.6 Security
This application will be distributed to employees involved in sales. Each salesperson, however,
should not have access to data pertaining to their peers.
There should also be one or more administrators to manage the document. One of the
salespersons, James Bosch, is also the Sales Manager of the company, and he should have
access to the entire set of data. In addition, the Sales Coordinator in Lund should have access
to the data on all salespersons in the Lund office.
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1.7 Customers Data
1.7.1.1
File Information
Data Type ------------------------------------------------------------MS Access
Database --------------------------------------------------------------QWT.mdb
Table name -----------------------------------------------------------Customers
Estimated Number of Records ----------------------------------- 100
1.7.1.2
Record Information
Field Name
CustomerID
CompanyName
ContactName
Address
City
StateProvince
PostalCode
Country
Phone
Fax
1.7.1.3
Table 1 - Record Layout for Customers data
Data Type
Indexed
Comment
(Max Size)
Autonumber
Y
Customer ID
(Long Integer)
Text (40)
Y
Full name of customer
Text (30)
Name of primary contact at customer (First Last)
Text (60)
Street or PO Box mailing address of customer
Text (15)
Y
City for mailing address of customer
Text (2)
State or Province code for mailing address of
customer
Text (10)
Y
Postal code for mailing address of customer
Text (15)
Country for mailing address of customer
Text (24)
Phone number includes country code or area code
Text (24)
Phone number includes country code or area code
Business Rules
1) Customers have single contact
2) State / Province code is optional as required
3) Customer data is updated weekly
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1.8 Products Data
1.8.1.1
File Information
Data Type ------------------------------------------------------------MS Access
Database --------------------------------------------------------------QWT.mdb
Table name -----------------------------------------------------------Products
Estimated Number of Records ----------------------------------- 75
1.8.1.2
Record Information
Field Name
ProductID
ProductName
SupplierID
CategoryID
QuantityPerUnit
UnitCost
UnitPrice
UnitsInStock
UnitsOnOrder
1.8.1.3
Table 1 - Record Layout for Products data
Data Type
Indexed
Comment
(Max Size)
Autonumber
Y
Product ID
(Long Integer)
Text (40)
Y
Full name of product
Long Integer
Y
Link to Supplier
Long Integer
Y
Link to product category
Long Integer
Count of product per unit
Double Fixed
Current cost of product, including manufacturing
2 decimal
costs plus Selling, General and Administrative
(SG&A) expenses
Double Fixed
Current unit price (List) of product
2 decimal
Long Integer
Number of units in stock as of latest inventory
Long Integer
Number of units on order
Business Rules
1) Units on backorder defined as [UnitsOnOrder UnitsInStock] > 0
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1.9 Category Data
1.9.1.1
File Information
Data Type ------------------------------------------------------------MS Access
Database --------------------------------------------------------------QWT.mdb
Table name -----------------------------------------------------------Categories
Estimated Number of Records ----------------------------------- 10
1.9.1.2
Record Information
Field Name
CategoryID
CategoryName
Description
1.9.1.3
Table 1 - Record Layout for Category data
Data Type
Indexed
Comment
(Max Size)
Autonumber
Y
Product Category ID
(Long Integer)
Text (25)
Y
Category name
Memo
Category description
Business Rules
1) One-to-many relationship with [Products] table
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1.10
Shipper Data
1.10.1.1 File Information
Data Type ------------------------------------------------------------MS Access
Database --------------------------------------------------------------QWT.mdb
Table name -----------------------------------------------------------Shippers
Estimated Number of Records ----------------------------------- 5
1.10.1.2 Record Information
Field Name
ShipperID
CompanyName
Table 1 - Record Layout for Shipper data
Data Type
Indexed
(Max Size)
Autonumber
Y
Shipper ID
(Long Integer)
Text (40)
Shipper name
1.10.1.3 Business Rules
1) One-to-many relationship with [Orders] table
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Orders Data
1.11.1.1 File Information
Data Type ------------------------------------------------------------MS Access
Database --------------------------------------------------------------QWT.mdb
Table name -----------------------------------------------------------Orders
Estimated Number of Records ----------------------------------- 1000
1.11.1.2 Record Information
Field Name
OrderID
CustomerID
EmployeeID
OrderDate
ShipperID
Freight
Table 1 - Record Layout for Orders data
Data Type
Indexed
Comment
(Max Size)
Autonumber
Y
Order ID
(Long Integer)
Long Integer
Y
Link to Customers
Long Integer
Y
Link to Employee
Medium Date
Y
Date order was placed (DD-MMM-YY)
Long Integer
Y
Link to Shipper
Double Fixed
Freight charges associated with this order
2 decimal
1.11.1.3 Business Rules
1) One-to-many relationship with [Order Details] table
2) Employee link determines company sales by office
3) Orders data is updated daily
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Order Details Data
1.12.1.1 File Information
Data Type ------------------------------------------------------------MS Access
Database --------------------------------------------------------------QWT.mdb
Table name -----------------------------------------------------------Order Details
Estimated Number of Records ----------------------------------- 2500
1.12.1.2 Record Information
Field Name
OrderID
ProductID
UnitPrice
Quantity
Discount
Table 1 - Record Layout for Order Details data
Data Type
Indexed
Comment
(Max Size)
Long Integer
Y
Link to Orders
Long Integer
Y
Link to Products
Double Fixed
Product unit price for this order
2 decimal
Integer
Quantity of product ordered
Single
Percent discount
Percent (0
decimals)
1.12.1.3 Business Rules
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
OrderID must exist in [Orders] table
ProductID must exist in [Products] table
Quantity must be > 0
Discount must be between 0 and 1
Discount applies to [Order Details].[UnitPrice]
Order Details data is updated daily
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Employee Data
1.13.1.1 File Information
Data Type ------------------------------------------------------------MS Excel
Database --------------------------------------------------------------EmpOff.xls
Table name -----------------------------------------------------------Employee
Estimated Number of Records ----------------------------------- 50
1.13.1.2 Record Information
Field Name
EmpID
Last Name
First Name
Title
Hire Date
Office
Extension
Reports To
Year Salary
Table 1 - Record Layout for Employee data
Data Type
Indexed
Comment
(Max Size)
Integer
Employee ID
Text
Employee last name
Text
Employee first name
Text
Employee title
Date
Date of hire for employee
(MM/DD/YY)
Integer
Link to Office
Integer (3
Telephone extension of employee
digits)
Integer
Employee ID of Supervisor
Fixed 2
Annual salary of employee
decimal
1.13.1.3 Business Rules
1) Contains current employees only
2) [Reports To] field is subset of [EmpID] field
3) [Extension] is optional
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Office Data
1.14.1.1 File Information
Data Type ------------------------------------------------------------MS Excel
Database --------------------------------------------------------------EmpOff.xls
Table name -----------------------------------------------------------Office
Estimated Number of Records ----------------------------------- 5
1.14.1.2 Record Information
Field Name
Office
Address
Postal Code
City
StateProvince
Phone
Fax
Country
Table 1 - Record Layout for Office data
Data Type
Indexed
Comment
(Max Size)
Integer
Office ID
Text
Street or PO Box mailing address of office
Text
Postal code for mailing address of office
Text
City for mailing address of office
Text
State or Province code for mailing address of office
Text
Phone number includes country code or area code
Text
Phone number includes country code or area code
Text
Country for mailing address of office
1.14.1.3 Business Rules
1) State / Province code is optional as required
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Suppliers Data
1.15.1.1 File Information
Data Type ------------------------------------------------------------DIF (text)
Database -------------------------------------------------------------Table name -----------------------------------------------------------suppliers.dif
Estimated Number of Records ----------------------------------- 30
1.15.1.2 Record Information
Field Name
SupplierID
CompanyName
ContactName
Address
City
PostalCode
Country
Phone
Fax
Table 1 - Record Layout for Suppliers data
Data Type
Indexed
Comment
(Max Size)
Integer
Supplier ID
Text
Full name of supplier
Text
Name of primary contact at supplier (First Last)
Text
Street or PO Box mailing address of supplier
Text
City for mailing address of supplier
Text
Postal code for mailing address of supplier
Text
Country for mailing address of supplier
Text
Phone number includes country code or area code
Text
Phone number includes country code or area code
1.15.1.3 Business Rules
1) Suppliers have single contact
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Budget Data
1.16.1.1 File Information
Data Type ------------------------------------------------------------MS Excel
Database --------------------------------------------------------------Budget.xls
Table name -----------------------------------------------------------Sheet1
Estimated Number of Records ----------------------------------- 25
1.16.1.2 Record Information
Field Name
Office
Year
Budget rev.
Budget cost
Actual rev.
Actual cost
Table 1 - Record Layout for Office data
Data Type
Indexed
Comment
(Max Size)
Integer
Office ID
Date Year
Budget/Actual Year
(YYYY)
Integer
Budgeted yearly revenue
Integer
Budgeted yearly cost
Integer
Actual yearly revenue
Integer
Actual yearly cost
1.16.1.3 Business Rules
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