Database Analysis
- 1. DATABASE ANALYSIS Higher Computing Science
- 2. END USER REQUIREMENTS • The end users are the people who are going to be using the database. • The end user requirements are the tasks they expect to be able to do using the database.
- 3. END USER REQUIREMENTS search appointments for any doctor search patient medical history search patient personal details search all patients using certain medication search all patients in a given age range calculate the average patient rating by for each doctor sort by patient name sort by patient house number and postcode sort number of visits by a each patient in the past 12 months Some possible end user requirements for a doctor’s surgery database are shown below.
- 4. FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS • The processes and activities that the system has to perform • The information that the system has to contain to be able to carry out its functions
- 5. FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS Some of the tables and fields for a doctor’s surgery database are shown below. Primary and foreign keys are not shown as part of the functional requirements. Doctor • Forename • Surname • DOB • Telephone • Address • Salary Patient • Forename • Surname • DOB • Address • Telephone • Medication • Last visit • Next of kin Appointment • Date • Time • Patient rating
- 6. FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS Some of the processes and activities for a doctor’s surgery database are shown below. Simple and complex queries to search the database An average function to work out the average rating for each doctor A simple sort to query the results A count function to work out the number of visits for a patient in the past 12 months