Chapter 5 Data Resource Management
Chapter 5 Data Resource Management
Management
Learning Objectives
Explain the business value of implementing data resource
management processes and technologies in an organization.
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Why Study Data Resource
Management
Today’s business enterprises cannot survive or succeed
without quality data about their internal operations and
external environment.
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Data Resource Management
Definition
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Logical Data Element
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Logical Data Element
Character
A single alphabetic, numeric, or other symbol
Field or data item
Represents an attribute (characteristic or quality) of some
entity (object, person, place, event)
Example: salary, job title
Record
Grouping of all the fields used to describe the attributes of an
entity
Example: payroll record with name, SSN, pay rate
File or table
A group of related records
Database
An integrated collection of logically related data elements
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Electric Utility Database
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Database Structures
Common database structures …
• Hierarchical
• Network
• Relational
• Object-oriented
• Multi-dimensional
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Hierarchical Structure
Records arranged in
tree like structure
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Network Structure
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Multidimensional Structure
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Object-Oriented Structure
An object consists of
• Data values describing the attributes of an
entity
• Operations that can be performed on the data
Encapsulation
• Combine data and operations
Inheritance
• New objects can be created by replicating some
or all of the characteristics of parent objects
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Object-Oriented Structure
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Database Development
Database Administrator (DBA)
• In charge of enterprise database development
• Improves the integrity and security of
organizational databases
• Uses Data Definition Language (DDL) to
develop and specify data contents,
relationships and structure
• Stores these specifications in a data dictionary
or a metadata
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Data Dictionary
A data dictionary
• Contains data about data (metadata)
• Relies on specialized software component to manage a
database of data definitions
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Data Planning Process
Database development is a top-down process
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Operational Databases
Stores detailed data needed to support business
processes and operations
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Distributed Databases
Distributed databases are copies or parts of
databases stored on servers at multiple locations
Improves database performance at worksites
Advantages
•Protection of valuable data
•Data can be distributed into smaller databases
•Each location has control of its local data
•All locations can access any data, any where
Disadvantages
•Maintaining data accuracy
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External Databases
Databases available for a fee from commercial online
services, or free from the web
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Hypermedia Databases
A hypermedia database contains
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