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The document outlines the analysis stage of database development, focusing on identifying end-user and functional requirements. End-user requirements detail the tasks users expect to perform, while functional requirements specify the necessary processes and data needed for the system. A worked example illustrates how a travel agency can implement these requirements in a relational database to manage hotel bookings effectively.

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Database analysis

The document outlines the analysis stage of database development, focusing on identifying end-user and functional requirements. End-user requirements detail the tasks users expect to perform, while functional requirements specify the necessary processes and data needed for the system. A worked example illustrates how a travel agency can implement these requirements in a relational database to manage hotel bookings effectively.

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Analysis

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Home
Computer Systems
Course Content Specification
Software Dev
End User Requirements
Web Design Functional Requirements
Database Design Why are they needed?

N5 SQL Recap Worked Example - Travel Agency


Worked Example - End-user requirements
DB Analysis
Worked example - Functional requirements
DB Design
Creating Functional requirements
Higher SQL So for example:
Testing and Evaluation
Flash Cards Course Content Specification
Additional Resources Identify the end-user and functional requirements of a database problem that relates to the implementation at this level.

During the analysis stage of developing a database you need to identify the following requirements:
End-user requirements
Functional requirements

End User Requirements

The end users are the people who are going to be using the database. The end user requirements are the tasks they expect to do whilst using the database. They
will be written from the perspective of the user.
For example:
Performing a range of searches on a database.
Sorting a database in a particular order.
Using the database to perform calculations.

Functional Requirements

Functional requirements are processes and activities that the system has to perform in order to meet the end user requirements. It will also need to reference
the information that the system has to contain to carry out its functions.
For example:
The pieces of information that will be stored
Uses simple/complex queries, simple/complex sorts, allowing calculations, using aggregate functions (MIN, MAX, COUNT, SUM, AVG) .

Why are they needed?


The requirements specify the design of the database., they identify the features to be implemented. In a database context you can think of a functional
requirement as anything that will require a SQL operation to be carried out. This allows the developers to evaluate whether the system is fit for purpose
after development is complete.

Worked Example - Travel Agency

A travel agency wants to store details of bookings in Scottish holiday resorts. The relational database will allow travel agents to view details of hotels and make
bookings for customers.
Four entities are:
1. Hotel (used to store details of hotels in each resort)
2. Resort (used to store details of Scottish holiday resorts)
3. Customer (used to store customers details)
4. Booking (store details of hotel bookings)

Worked Example - End-user requirements

The following are comments made by staff of what they want the database to do:

From the comments the following end-user requirements can be determined:


Travel agency staff should be able to perform searches to display:
Full details of any booking.
Availability of hotels in a particular resort, with specific facilities (meal plan or pool).
Details of hotels in a particular resort.
Details of hotels available for a specified star rating.
Resorts that have train stations.
Staff should be able to sort results in order of ascending price and calculate:
The total cost of any holiday booking.
The number of hotels within a certain price range or available on a certain start date.

Worked example - Functional requirements

The relational database will have four tables: Hotel, Resort, Booking and Customer.
Each table will have a suitable primary key and any necessary foreign keys. The following fields are required:
Hotel - hotel name, start of season date, check-in time, price per night, meal plan, swimming pool, star rating.
Resort - resort name, resort type, train station.
Customer - firstname, surname, address, town, postcode.
Booking - start date, number in party, number of nights.
The relational database will use the following:
Simple/complex queries to search the database.
A simple sort to order the query results.
A calculation to work out the total cost of a booking.
An aggregate function to work out the number of 4-star hotels located in resorts which have a train station.

Creating Functional requirements

So for example:
a query to calculate total cost of a booking (price per person * number of
nights * number in party)

a query to display the minimum price and maximum price of a hotel

There will be a query to count the number of 4 star hotels…

Next - Design

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