TABLE OF CONTENTS This book has four main parts.
Part 1 provides an overview of the database modeling features in Visio for Enterprise Architects (VEA) and summarizes the different tasks involved in database modeling. Part 1 comprises three chapters.
Chapter 1 describes the scope of database modeling and what you can do with VEA. You learn how to best use this book and how to interpret its format conventions.
Chapter 2 explains the purpose of database modeling and the four different levels for working with data: external, conceptual, logical, and physical. It briefly reviews the main concepts underlying database modeling at the conceptual and logical levels.
Chapter 3 explains how to install the product and get started. You learn to use the Visio user interface and help facility. A worked example introduces you to the process of creating a data model and forward engineering it.
Parts 2 and 3 focus respectively on the conceptual and logical modeling solutions, and Part 4 discusses advanced topics such as round-trip engineering and model management.
If you have a well-designed database management system, you have the keys to the kingdom of data processing and decision support.
Dr. E. F. Codd
This book will help business analysts, database designers, and database administrators to use the powerful database modeling facilities within Microsoft Visio for Enterprise Architects (VEA) to create and manage well-designed databases.
Process analysts, project managers, application development managers, and business...
