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Class 01.00 Software
BCIS 4660 Data Warehousing
SPRING 2016
Software Introductions &
Self-Help
DR. B.
BCIS 4660 Necessary Startup Tasks
Read the Syllabus! Buy the Books: 1) Pratt & Last; 2) Jukic, et. al. (optional)
10 Steps to Success:
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Becker Home Page Spring 2016; Course Website; grades, hints & tips
Course Datasets
EOCQs for Pratt & Last
ACCESS Software; Relational Database Mgt Sys (RDBMS) Other Assignments
UNT COB Software Policies for Spring 2016 NEW
VMWare or RDS Streaming Access Software
MAC Users; Special instructions
Free Software & other software
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1. Becker’s Home Page (Prefer Mozilla Firefox)
2. Course Website:
Software Explanations & Tutorials
• Access to 4660 Main Textbook, Tutorials, Quizzes, etc.
• Pratt & Last (MUST BUY!)
• MS ACCESS
• COB Physical LAB • VMWare Virtual Desktop
• RDS Application Streaming
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3. COURSE ACCESS DATASETS
TAL DISTRIBUTORS (1 VERSION)
•TAL Distributors.accdb (Access 2010/2013) **New**
COLONIAL ADVENTURE TOURS (1 VERSION)
•ColonialAdventureTours.accdb (Access 2010/2013) **New**
SOLMARIS CONDOMINIUM GROUP ACCESS Database
•SolmarisCondimiumGroup.aacdb (ACCESS 2010/2013) **New**
4. Pratt & Last: EOCQ’s NEW ***
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5. ACCESS Assignment #1 (My Website)
ACCESS BASICS (Tutorial: Open dataset; *.accdb)
Main Access Objects:
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Key Access TABS (Ruler Bar):
Tables
Queries
Forms
Reports
Macros
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File (Save, Print, etc.)
Home (Formatting, …)
Create (Tables, etc. )
External Data (Export, Import)
Database Tools (ERDs …)
Becker’s Rule #2:
Materialize an Object View (MOV):
MOV: Tables  Queries  Forms and/or Reports
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2013 MS ACCESS: Relationship Diagram [a.k.a., Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)]
Objects Access Window to Tables, Queries,
Forms, Reports, Macros, etc.
6. Other Assignments
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7. NEW Course Software Policy (eff. Spring 2016)
1. Students will still be able to access the VMWare View via laptops from CoB lab
checkout and classroom carts for instructional classroom lead activities.
2. Adobe applications will need to be accessed through the physical lab in rooms
185 and 190 for homework and assignments starting in the Spring 2016 unless
students wish to install Adobe on their own laptops or desktops.
Note: Students have the option of downloading Office 2013 for Windows or Mac
via their Office365 link in webmail for free.
3. For products not Adobe related will be available to students to access via our new:
RDS System (Application Streaming) https://cob‐rds.cob.unt.edu/rdweb
4. CoB Labs: Open Monday‐Sunday: http://cob.unt.edu/lab/hours.php
8. RDS Streaming Software
https://cob‐rds.cob.unt.edu/rdweb
RDS STREAMING LOGON
RDS REMOTE APPS
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9. Mac users; Special instructions
• If you login to your eagle connect mail from your Windows PC, you should then be able to download the Free version of OFFICE 365 for Windows to that Windows PC. The Office Version for MAC is limited to five products and yes MS Access is not one of them. You get five copies of Office, either for MAC or Windows or a combination of the two. • Adobe Products not available via RDS to Students
• To purchase a software license at free to reduced cost for Microsoft and Adobe you can go here: https://untsystem.onthehub.com
• Instructions for using the OnTheHub service are located: https://www.cob.unt.edu/current_students/software/microsoft_software.php
• CoB Support in BLB 240 is available Monday through Thursday 8 A.M. to 7 P.M and Friday from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M if you are unable to go to the helpdesk for support. ****
10. Free Software!!
• TABLEDESIGNER [.exe; 8 Mb] FREE Software; for BONUS Hwk #6.B
• See my website! WATCH the VIDEOs
Lots of Adobe Products …click for video
OFFICE 365 FREE & Adobe Creative Suite $19.99/month
MS Office 365 FREE
FREE other Microsoft Software FREE Software Microsoft Academic Alliance (Check Eligibility)
Video click above
New 2016 spring
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Summary: BCIS 4660 Startup Tasks
Read the Syllabus!
Buy the Books: Pratt & Last, Concepts of Database Management, 8th ed.
1. Becker SPRING 2016; 2. Course Website; grades, hints & tips
3. Course Datasets
4. EOCQs for Pratt & Last
5. Other Assignments
6. ACCESS Software; Relational Database Mgt Sys (RDBMS) 7. UNT COB Software Policies for SPRING 2016
8. VMWARE or RDS Streaming Access Software
9. MAC users; Special instructions
10. Free Software & others software
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