CMIS 470
Structured Systems Design
Intro to Oracle Designer,
Process Modeling
Week 9
Our Plan
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DUE TONIGHT:
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Status report #1
TONIGHT:
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Introduction to Oracle
Our Class process for next 7 weeks
Oracle Process Models
Oracle Designer ?
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So how does Oracle Designer fit in to
all of this?
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Developmental prototyping TOOL
Therefore useful in employing
Developmental Prototyping Approach or
Spiral Approach
Intro to Oracle Designer
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What Oracle Designer Does
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“automates the development life cycle”
Generates:
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Database objects
Oracle Forms and Reports applications
Documents the system
Carries information from Analysis  Design
 Implementation
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Central shared repository
Intro to Oracle Designer
ANALYSIS
•Process Models
•ERD
•FHD
Transformers
•Database
•Application
DESIGN
•Design Editor
Generators
•Database
•Table API
•Forms
•Reports
Intro to Oracle Designer
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Oracle Designer end result:
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Actual application database
Working prototypes of screens and reports
Analysis and design documentation
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ERDs, process models, etc.
Logon to Oracle Designer
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Distribute userids
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password = fall2003
Log into Designer, then to change your
password:
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Start RON
Click the Tools pulldown menu
Select SQLPlus
At the SQL> prompt, enter:
alter user xxxxxx identified by yyyyyy;
where xxxxxx = your userid
and yyyyyy = what you want your password to be
Oracle Designer
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Overview Documents:
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Diagram
Two-page document providing more detail
Class Process
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In Class: I teach - We do
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Individual Homework: Due the following
week
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Hollywood Videos application
Dream Getaways application
IMPORTANT CAVEAT!!!
Do NOT work ahead in the Designer tool!
If you aren’t careful, you can mess up your entire
project and have to re-do it from the beginning
(i.e., re-do your entire set of six Designer
projects).
To-Do’s
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Due next week:
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Oracle Process Model homework
2nd status report