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Turning Spreadsheets into Corporate Data

You're reading from   Turning Spreadsheets into Corporate Data Transform your spreadsheets into credible and reliable information

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781634622288
Length 140 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Bill Inmon Bill Inmon
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER
2. 1: Brief History of Spreadsheets 3. 2: Spreadsheet Paradox 4. 3: Spreadsheet Varieties 5. 4: The PDF Spreadsheet 6. 5: The Basics of Spreadsheet Formatting 7. 6: Spreadsheet Disambiguation 8. 7: The Intermediate Database 9. 8: The ssdef Database 10. 9: The Corporate Database 11. 10: The Mnemonic Dictionary 12. 11: Political Considerations Within the Organization 13. 12: Data Modeling and the Spreadsheet Environment 14. 13: Case Study
15. Glossary
16. Index

13: Case Study

There is nothing like an example to reinforce new concepts that have been discussed, so let’s examine a case study. Consider the following sample spreadsheet, taken from some financial projections.

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The header line is found in row 2. The remaining rows on the spreadsheet contain actual data. The first step is to send the spreadsheet into the disambiguation software. This step is shown in Figure 13.2. The spreadsheet is identified by the system spreadsheet name.

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After the spreadsheet is selected, it will be displayed as in Figure 13.3.

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After the spreadsheet is displayed, the next step is to identify and select the header(s) in the spreadsheet. In Figure 13.4, it is evident that the header has been selected.

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After the header line has been selected, the next step is to pair the header line with the spreadsheet, as shown in Figure 13.5.

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Once the pairing of the spreadsheet and the heading definitions occurs, the next step is the actual...

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