Activity 1 Reasons why organisations need to collect HR Data. It is important for organisations to collect and retain HR data as this will be key for strategic and HR planning. It will also help to have all the information necessary to make informed decisions‚ for the formulation and implementation of employment policies and procedures‚ to monitor fair and consistent treatment of staff‚ to contribute to National Statistics and to comply with statutory requirements. The key organisational
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1. Data mart definition A data mart is the access layer of the data warehouse environment that is used to get data out to the users. The data mart is a subset of the data warehouse that is usually oriented to a specific business line or team. Data marts are small slices of the data warehouse. Whereas data warehouses have an enterprise-wide depth‚ the information in data marts pertains to a single department. In some deployments‚ each department or business unit is considered the owner of its data
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an era of big data‚ this data-driven world has the potential to improve the efficiencies of enterprises and improve the quality of our lives; however‚ there are a number of challenges that must be addressed to allow us to exploit the full potential of big data. This paper focuses on challenges faced by online retailers when making use of big data. With the provided examples of online retailers Amazon and eBay‚ this paper addressed the key challenges of big data analytics including data capture and
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Data Models Consider a simple student registration. Specifically we want to support the tasks of students registering for or withdrawing from a class. To do this‚ the system will need to record data about what entities? What specific data about the entities will need to be stored? What is the cardinality between students and courses? Diagram the data model. While‚ considering a student class registration system for registering or withdrawing a system must have the capability to record data in
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LECTURE 1 DATA TYPES Our interactions (inputs and outputs) of a program are treated in many languages as a stream of bytes. These bytes represent data that can be interpreted as representing values that we understand. Additionally‚ within a program we process this data that can be interpreted as representing values that we understand. Additionally‚ within a program we process this data in various way such as adding them up or sorting them. This data comes in different forms. Examples include: your
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Data collection is any process of preparing and collecting data‚ for example‚ as part of a process improvement or similar project. The purpose of data collection is to obtain information to keep on record‚ to make decisions about important issues‚ or to pass information on to others. Data are primarily collected to provide information regarding a specific topic. Data collection usually takes place early on in an improvement project‚ and is often formalized through a data collection plan which often
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Data Warehouse Concepts and Design Contents Data Warehouse Concepts and Design 1 Abstract 2 Abbreviations 2 Keywords 3 Introduction 3 Jarir Bookstore – Applying the Kimball Method 3 Summary from the available literature and Follow a Proven Methodology: Lifecycle Steps and Tracks 4 Issues and Process involved in Implementation of DW/BI system 5 Data Model Design 6 Star Schema Model 7 Fact Table 10 Dimension Table: 11 Design Feature: 12 Identifying the fields from facts/dimensions: MS: 12 Advanced
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What Is A Data Dictionary? Per the IBM Dictionary of Computing‚ a data dictionary is a "centralized repository of information about data such as meaning‚ relationships to other data‚ origin‚ usage‚ and format." Essentially‚ it is documentation or data about data in a file or database‚ also called metadata. Typical Items In A Data Dictionary For each field or column in a database table‚ describe the following elements: Item Contents File/Table Name The name of the file or table where
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Introduction to Data Modeling and MSAccess CONTENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 Introduction to Data Modeling ............................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Data Modeling Overview ............................................................................................................... 5 1.1.1 Methodology .......................................................................................................................... 6 1.1.2 Data Modeling
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Types of Data Integrity This section describes the rules that can be applied to table columns to enforce different types of data integrity. Null Rule A null rule is a rule defined on a single column that allows or disallows inserts or updates of rows containing a null (the absence of a value) in that column. Unique Column Values A unique value rule defined on a column (or set of columns) allows the insert or update of a row only if it contains a unique value in that column (or set of columns)
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