IEOR 115Industrial and Commercial Data Systems
Fall 2013, Lab 1
Animesh GargPhD Student, IEOR
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Intro to MS Access• Database creation and
management program
• We will learn– Relational Databases– Implementation in MS Access
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Access to MS Access• Install on Personal Laptops– Windows
Get from UC Berkeley Software Centralhttp://ist.berkeley.edu/MS-DL-instructions
– Mac / *nixBootcamp / Parallels / VM
• Use Lab Machines- Guest AccountsUserID: !ieor-e10-15, Pwd: zxc!@#123
• Still Facing problems? Meet me in OH
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What are Databases• Collection of Correlated Lists/Tables
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What are Databases
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Why Database? Why not Excel?• Excel: Good for numerical analysis• No way of capturing Correlation• DB Maintenance is
a problem?• Hence we need,
Relational Databaseto create, maintain,search and analyze data in multiple tablesat once
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Main Features of Access
• Tables• Queries• Forms• Reports
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Tables
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Tables• Data is stored as Rows and Columns
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Tables• Columns = Fields
Fields organizes data by Type• Rows = Records
Record is Unit of information: Tuple
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Forms
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Queries• Analyze data
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Reports• Present data
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Case Study: Library Management
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TerminologyMS Access (Lab) Lecture/Text
Table (Lab 3) Relation (Ch. 5)
Column/Field (Lab 3) Attribute (Ch. 3)
Row/Record (Lab 3) Tuple (Ch. 5)
Relationship View (Lab 4)
Lines indicate foreign keys (Ch. 7)
Relationship View is NOT the same as ER Diagram from lectures
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Quiz• Lab Notes and Quiz posted
http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/~ieor115/labs.html
• Deadline: Friday, 13 Sept.
• Reminder: Contact Report Due 9, Sept.Template Posted, please download and use it
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How to submit HW/Quizzes• Pandagrader.com• You will receive a invite, Sign up!• Download HW template from Class Website
(pdf/word)• Fill out answers in Assigned Spaces
without changing Template• Submit as pdf on Pandagrader.com• Make Pdf using: Save as PDF, Scanner or
Photo Scanner Apps (e.g. CamScanner)
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