Inventory Management Application Overview
This content provides insights into an Inventory Management Application with a focus on tracking equipment loaned to employees in an IT department. It discusses the motivation behind the application, current tracking methods using MS Access Database, employee details, equipment information, business rules, and other relevant tables. The application aims to streamline inventory control processes efficiently. It includes details on the schedule and course overview for a related course on Database Application Development and Internet Applications. Additionally, it showcases a company, Moore's Electric, offering diverse services.
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INLS 623 INVENTORY MANAGEMENT APPLICATION Instructor: Jason Carter
SCHEDULE March 3 Database Application Development and Internet Applications March 17 Database Application Development and Internet Applications March 24 Stored Procedures....Calling Stored Procedures--Take home midterms March 31 Database Tuning and Indexing April 4th XML and Databases April 14th XML and Databases April 21st Open for possible speaker Take home exam March 24th
MOORES ELECTRIC Electrical, HVAC, plumbing, piping, chillers, refrigeration, design/build, sales and services, technology, communications, controls, industrial maintenance, facilities management, and we offer 24-hour emergency service. http://www.mooreselectric.com/
INVENTORY TRACKING APPLICATION Motivation Need to understand how much inventory they have in dollar value Need to know who has what equipment
IT DEPARTMENT Tracks equipment loaned out to employees Equipment such as: PCs, monitors, printers, servers, software, cell phones, tablets Employees are loaned equipment for a specific period of time This time can be indefinite, until the employee is terminated How do they track it now?
HOWDOTHEY TRACKIT NOW? MS Access Database
EMPLOYEES First and last name Email Department Location Role
DEPARTMENT name
EQUIPMENT Manufacturer Model Serial (optional) Service tag (optional - only applicable to PCs) Asset tag # Cost
OTHERTABLES? Need to provide ability to track check out
BUSINESS RULES Only one employee per department Any type of equipment can be checked out There is an end date for all equipment checked out, even if its infinite The business has multiple locations One location per employee
TYPESOF QUESTIONS THEY WANT TO ANSWER Given a user, what equipment do they have? How many of a certain piece of equipment do we have (sum and detail)? Total dollar value in equipment Who has checked what out and for how long? Who is overdue and by how many days? 3. How much total equipment is checked out?
YOUR TASKS Determine what is wrong with the MS Access DB. Design a database in MySQL that meets all Normal Form requirements Create HTML web forms with PHP code that allows an administrator to insert, update, delete, and select information from each table Use a three tiered architecture Stored Procedures XLST Tune the database (Querying and Indexing) Create an XML Database
STEPS Determine what is wrong with current database Create new database that adheres to normal form Create HTML Forms that allow users to enter information into database Create PHP code that interacts with database Create SQL Code Use Stored Procedures Tune the Database Create XML form of database
PRACTICE Specify Primary Keys Specify Foreign Keys Show EER Diagram
