1. Business Intelligence
Putting VBA & SQL To Work

2. Critical Thinking
Easy meter

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

4. Accessing Enterprise Data
Using Excel & ADO

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

6. 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

7. 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)

8. 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

9. What Is New In Technology?
WINIT
What Is New In Technology?

10. Automating Business Intelligence at SmallBank
Homework
Automating Business Intelligence at SmallBank

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