Business Intelligence Putting VBA & SQL To Work

Critical Thinking Easy meter

You do the talking Name, Major, University Learning objectives Things you like about the class Things that can be improved Attitude towards the Tournament

Accessing Enterprise Data Using Excel & ADO

How do I access my data? DBMS on the network has tables In your computer memory: tables in a DATASET SQL Query VBA Commands

What are the differences? In a DBMS on the network In memory DATASET slower faster Speed Fast Faster Slow Volume Very large Medium Small Access medium difficult easy Backup good n/a manual Security excellent poor Server Your local machine

Database Legos Standard software objects, put together in standard ways ADO.NET ActiveX Data Object. It is a MSFT technology to manage enterprise data (on your CV)

ADO architecture (6 Legos) DB server (RDBMS) Client (your machine) Connection string 1. SqlConnection: given a connection string will connect you to a DB SQL Query string 2. SqlCommand: contains your SQL query Remote DataBase (financial data) 3. SqlAdapter: the engine that moves the data. Fills tables in datasets using the SqlCommand 4. DataSet 5. DataTable 6. ListObject: shows you the data On your Spreadsheet

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Automating Business Intelligence at SmallBank Homework Automating Business Intelligence at SmallBank

Suggestions Make sure that you understand the ADO architecture diagram before coding.