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Book SynopsisEinführung in die Grundlagen der Wirtschaftsinformatik, in der wesentliche Themengebiete behandelt werden, die mit der Konzeption, der Entwicklung und dem Betrieb von Informations- und Kommunikationssystemen (als Gegenstand der Wirtschaftsinformatik) zusammenhängen. Table of ContentsEinführung.- Informatik und Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik.- Informationsmanagement.- Modellierung.- Datenbanken.- Softwareentwicklung.- Betriebliche Anwendungssysteme.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1 Overview of Learning Engagement Research.- Chapter 2 Literature Review of Learning Engagement Research.- Chapter 3 Intelligent Recognition of Learning Engagement.- Chapter 4 Relationship Between Learning Engagement and Outcomes.- Chapter 5 Adaptive Interventions in Learning Engagement.- Chapter 6 Prospects and Challenges in AI-Enabled Learning Engagement.

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Book SynopsisYour customers want innovation and value, and they want it now. How can you apply Lean principles and practices throughout your enterprise to drive operational excellence, reduce costs while improving quality, enable efficient growth, and accelerate idea-to-value innovation? Shingo Prize-winning author Steve Bell and other thought leaders show you howguiding you to more effectively align people and purpose, promote enterprise agility, and leverage transformative IT capabilities to create market-differentiating value for your customers.Trade ReviewToday’s customers want it all and they want it now: innovation, speed, agility, and value. How can you drive operational excellence, stimulate growth, and accelerate idea-to-value innovation throughout your enterprise? Shingo Prize-winning author Steve Bell, joined by other thought leaders, offers useful insights and examples you can start using now. Run Grow Transform takes the next logical step to driving enterprise value. This could be the game-changing playbook for IT 3.0.—Mark Katz, CIO & Senior Vice President, Esselte CorporationA powerful read detailing how companies can leverage their Lean IT transformation to supercharge the business.—Tom Paider, IT Build Capability Leader, NationwideThe consistent application of the practices described in this book has enabled Embraer to reap huge gains. I recommend this book as a desktop companion.—Alexandre Baulé, Vice President Information Systems, EmbraerRun Grow Transform takes the reader a leap forward, ready for immediate application to bridge Lean and innovation.—Melissa Barrett, Enterprise Architecture & IT Strategy, Premera Blue CrossThis book focuses on the most critical and challenging issue for any aspect of the development or use of IT: creating a collaborative learning culture.—Jeffrey K. Liker, Shingo Prize-Winning Author of The Toyota Way Run Grow Transform sets out the principles and practices necessary for success in the new economy.—Jez Humble, author of Continuous Delivery Steve Bell has hit another home run with this book. Either your organization will adopt the wisdom contained in this book and thrive, or your competitors will do so and put you out of business.—Scott Ambler, author Disciplined Agile Delivery and 19 other booksIt’s rare to see truly new insight added to the Lean discussion. Steve Bell does just that by continuing to push the frontiers of Lean thinking.—Alexander Brown, COO, Scrum Inc.A powerful read detailing how companies can leverage their Lean IT transformation to supercharge the business.—Tom Paider, IT Build Capability Leader, NationwideSteve Bell has mapped a new trajectory. I challenge any CIO to read Bell’s breakthrough work and not be compelled to start this journey to become a transformative leader in the creation of real and sustainable value.—Jeffrey Barnes, Society for Information Management (SIM), Regional Director, Advanced Practices CouncilAll too often the IT organization is viewed as an impediment to lean transformation, when it truly can be a catalyst. Steve’s book sorts out all the noise, the jargon, and the "hero culture", guiding the reader to what is so obvious, yet so hard to see: build your culture around your customer!—Josh Rapoza, Director of Web Strategy and Operations, Lean Enterprise InstituteAligning Lean and IT is a great challenge with a big payoff. This book really shows how Lean and IT can create a strong enterprise; it’s a great inspiration.—Klaus Lyck Petersen, Solar A/SA must read for any organization that is pursuing continuous improvement. In today’s world, real business improvement cannot be achieved without the IT factor; this book will help any organization achieve the improvement that they are seeking.—Barry J. Brunetto, Vice President, Information Systems, Blount InternationalPrecise, concise, and entertaining, this book provides the reader with crucial tips on how IT can help enterprises survive and thrive in a fast-paced technological and economic environment. This is mandatory reading not only for businesses and IT organizations, but also for universities and policy makers. —Fuat Alican, PhD, Vice President, Central American Scientific Research and Education CenterNot just for Lean Practitioners, Run Grow Transform is a must-have reference for any IT organization, regardless of size, age or industry, looking to move to the next level of performance.—Sarah Topham, Lean Deployment Leader, Information Technology & Product Management, Paychex, Inc.This is a long overdue book that addresses the key challenges for today's IT organization and puts Lean IT into a context that is too often lacking.—James Finister, Tata Consultancy ServicesThe 'business as usual' scenario is not an option in today’s economy and global challenges. A transformation in methods, tools and frameworks is needed to guide our business decisions. This book is your first step!—Khuloud Odeh, IT Director, Grameen FoundationDelivering beyond the helpful folk wisdom and narrow techniques and technologies found elsewhere, Steve Bell and his contributors provide practical full value stream lifecycle methods for continuous improvement using Lean in an IT and customer (business) setting.—Martin Erb, Director of Professional Services, Pink ElephantRun Grow Transform clarifies the eternal quest of IT: to simply "running" of the business and to create innovative solutions to grow the business and create sustainable competitive advantage to transform the way customers interact with your business, in plain, actionable advice from one who has been on the front lines.—Tom Foco, Value Stream SolutionsTable of ContentsCREATING A FRAMEWORK FOR BUSINESS AND LEAN IT INTEGRATION In Pursuit of Growth and Innovation; Steve Bell Value Streams: Aligning Resources to Create Value; Steve Bell Integrating IT Capabilities into Value Streams; Steve Bell Leveraging Value Stream Resources; Steve Bell Speeding Ideas to Market; Steve Bell Measuring Value; Steve Bell Lean Leadership and the Lean Management System; Steve Bell The Lean Learning Enterprise; Steve Bell INTEGRATING THE LEAN IT COMMUNITY; Steve Bell Lean Enterprise Architecture: An Architectural View of IT Value Stream Flow; Charles Betz Lean and Business Process Management: Seeing the Whole; Paul Harmon and Sandra Foster Lean IT Service Management: Understanding and Navigating the Cultural Silos of IT Value Streams; Troy Dumoulin Lean ERP: Combating Complexity and Accelerating Change; Steve Bell Lean Software Development: Exploring the Principles of Value and Flow; Mary Poppendieck Lean Data Management: The Invisible Dimension Supporting the Flow of Value; John Schmidt Lean Business Intelligence: Listening to the Virtual Voice of the Customer; Steve Bell Appendices: What Is Lean IT? A Working Definition; Steve Bell Additional Lean Resources; Steve Bell Case Study: Ci T: Doing the Right Things; Bruno Guicardi Case Study: ING Bank Netherlands: Our Lean IT Transformation Journey; David Bogaerts and Jael Schuyer Case Study: Netsis: An ERP Publisher's Lean IT Journey; Murat Ihlamur

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Book SynopsisAn accessible and comprehensive guide to the future of computing.Cloud Computing is the next computing revolution and will have as much impact on your life as the introduction of the PC. Using websites including Facebook, Flickr and Gmail, many people already store some information out in the Internet cloud. However, within a few years most computing applications will be accessed online with the web at the heart of everything we do.In this valuable guide, expert Christopher Barnatt explains how computing will rapidly become more reliable, less complex, and more environmentally friendly. He explores online software and hardware, and how it will alter our office work and personal lives. Individuals and companies are going to be released from the constraints of desktop computing and expensive corporate data centres. New services like augmented reality will also become available.Including coverage of Google Docs, Zoho, Microsoft Azure, Amazon EC2 and other key developments, this book is your essential guide to the cloud computing revolution.Trade ReviewBarnatt brings admirable clarity to this nebulous topic * New Scientist *

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Book SynopsisPart-volume-I:Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Blockchain Applications Across Diverse Domains..-  A Comparison of Deep Learning Models for White Blood Cell Detection..- An Integration of VGG19 and SARIMAX in Water Level Forecasting Using Satellite Imagery and Time Series Data..- Using Auto Immune LightGBM (AI-LGBM) for Prediction of Ground Water Quality in Vietnam and Indian Regions..- EIS-PoI: An Energy-driven Approach for Instance Segmentation Using Points of Interest..- Blockchain Application in Online Certificate Issuance and Verification Certificate System..- Smart Contract Integration in Tuition Management..- Model Integrating CNN, Gated Recurrent Unit and Genetic Algorithm for Rainfall Forecasting from Radar Images at Phadin Station..- Approach to Scalable Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) Architectures for Research Labs with Limited Hardware Resources..- A New Architecture for Controlling IoT Devices of Smart Room using ESP32 Microcontroller..- Energy Correlation-Based EBM for Skin Lesion Classification: A Novel Approach..- Caught in the Lens: Zero-Shot BioCLIP Struggles with Camera Trap Wildlife Images..- Blending Federated Learning and Value-Sensitive Design for Ethics and Privacy-Preserving in Education.- Missing Data Imputation for Sensor Observation Streams Leveraging Data Correlation and Message Propagation.- Analyzing Social Networks Using Graph Neural Networks with Advanced Hyperparameter Optimization Techniques.- Automatic Recognition and Scoring System in Military Training Applies Modern Deep Learning Techniques.- Enhancing Transformer-Based Object Detection Model For Aerial Images.- Water Quality Inspection System for Mariners Using EKI’s Continuous Learning Algorithms.Part-volume-II:Innovations in Energy-Based Models, and Advanced Predictive Systems Across Diverse Domains..- Enhancing the Quality of Recommendation Lists using Graph Convolutional Networks..- A Method Utilizing Energy Distance to Address Sparsity of Dataset in Recommendation Systems..- Energy-Based Models with Energy Distance for Video Captioning..- Detecting Driver Drowsiness Using Deep Learning Techniques..- Energy Distance in Popular Filtering and Recommendation..- Enhancing User-Base Context-Aware Collaborative Filtering Using Energy Distance with Pre-Filtering Contextual Features..- Enhancing Motion Estimation with BM-EDM Method..- EMPD: Energy-based Motion Pattern Detection..- Personalized Travel Experiences: Contextual Data-Based Recommendation Solutions..- Enhancing Deep Learning Models for Crop Disease Detection Using Keras Tuner..- Missing Data Imputation with Graph Neuron Networks and Message Propagation..- A novel framework for real-time analysis of outlier IoT data..- Cortex Vision: Detection of Ophthalmic Disease Using Machine Learning Algorithm..- Real-time Object Detection Based on Yolov8..- Combining Accuracy and Diversity to Enhance the Quality of the Recommender System..- Combining Lightweight Deep Learning Models with Data Augmentation for Analysis of Cervical Cells..- Energy-based Framework for Tag-based Recommendation Systems..- Enhancing Water level forecasting models Based on Ensemble Learning..- Advanced Predictive Modeling of Forex Market Fluctuations Using Ensembles Learning..- Data Analysis and Classification of the News..- Building An Automatic Traffic Monitoring System Based On Webgis 3D..- Detecting Abnormal Cervical Cells Based on Segmentation of Overlapping Cells..- A Multi-model Testcase Recommendation System for Teaching Programming in Higher Education..- Energy-Based Bounding Box Generation for Object Detection..- Forecasting Storms and Floods in Vietnam with Deep Learning Methods..- Lane-based vehicle recognition using deep learning models..- Application of Machine Learning Models for Cardiovascular Disease Prediction.

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Book SynopsisPart-volume-I:Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Blockchain Applications Across Diverse Domains..-  A Comparison of Deep Learning Models for White Blood Cell Detection..- An Integration of VGG19 and SARIMAX in Water Level Forecasting Using Satellite Imagery and Time Series Data..- Using Auto Immune LightGBM (AI-LGBM) for Prediction of Ground Water Quality in Vietnam and Indian Regions..- EIS-PoI: An Energy-driven Approach for Instance Segmentation Using Points of Interest..- Blockchain Application in Online Certificate Issuance and Verification Certificate System..- Smart Contract Integration in Tuition Management..- Model Integrating CNN, Gated Recurrent Unit and Genetic Algorithm for Rainfall Forecasting from Radar Images at Phadin Station..- Approach to Scalable Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) Architectures for Research Labs with Limited Hardware Resources..- A New Architecture for Controlling IoT Devices of Smart Room using ESP32 Microcontroller..- Energy Correlation-Based EBM for Skin Lesion Classification: A Novel Approach..- Caught in the Lens: Zero-Shot BioCLIP Struggles with Camera Trap Wildlife Images..- Blending Federated Learning and Value-Sensitive Design for Ethics and Privacy-Preserving in Education.- Missing Data Imputation for Sensor Observation Streams Leveraging Data Correlation and Message Propagation.- Analyzing Social Networks Using Graph Neural Networks with Advanced Hyperparameter Optimization Techniques.- Automatic Recognition and Scoring System in Military Training Applies Modern Deep Learning Techniques.- Enhancing Transformer-Based Object Detection Model For Aerial Images.- Water Quality Inspection System for Mariners Using EKI’s Continuous Learning Algorithms.Part-volume-II:Innovations in Energy-Based Models, and Advanced Predictive Systems Across Diverse Domains..- Enhancing the Quality of Recommendation Lists using Graph Convolutional Networks..- A Method Utilizing Energy Distance to Address Sparsity of Dataset in Recommendation Systems..- Energy-Based Models with Energy Distance for Video Captioning..- Detecting Driver Drowsiness Using Deep Learning Techniques..- Energy Distance in Popular Filtering and Recommendation..- Enhancing User-Base Context-Aware Collaborative Filtering Using Energy Distance with Pre-Filtering Contextual Features..- Enhancing Motion Estimation with BM-EDM Method..- EMPD: Energy-based Motion Pattern Detection..- Personalized Travel Experiences: Contextual Data-Based Recommendation Solutions..- Enhancing Deep Learning Models for Crop Disease Detection Using Keras Tuner..- Missing Data Imputation with Graph Neuron Networks and Message Propagation..- A novel framework for real-time analysis of outlier IoT data..- Cortex Vision: Detection of Ophthalmic Disease Using Machine Learning Algorithm..- Real-time Object Detection Based on Yolov8..- Combining Accuracy and Diversity to Enhance the Quality of the Recommender System..- Combining Lightweight Deep Learning Models with Data Augmentation for Analysis of Cervical Cells..- Energy-based Framework for Tag-based Recommendation Systems..- Enhancing Water level forecasting models Based on Ensemble Learning..- Advanced Predictive Modeling of Forex Market Fluctuations Using Ensembles Learning..- Data Analysis and Classification of the News..- Building An Automatic Traffic Monitoring System Based On Webgis 3D..- Detecting Abnormal Cervical Cells Based on Segmentation of Overlapping Cells..- A Multi-model Testcase Recommendation System for Teaching Programming in Higher Education..- Energy-Based Bounding Box Generation for Object Detection..- Forecasting Storms and Floods in Vietnam with Deep Learning Methods..- Lane-based vehicle recognition using deep learning models..- Application of Machine Learning Models for Cardiovascular Disease Prediction.

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Book SynopsisProjekte entwickeln, kontrollieren und optimieren Für alle, die MS Project 2013 einsetzen und damit jede Menge Zeit sparen wollen, ist dieses Buch genau das richtige. Locker und amüsant führen die Autorinnen Sie durch die zahlreichen Möglichkeiten des Programms wie Termine und Ressourcen managen, verschiedene Aufgaben koordinieren und Kostenpläne erstellen und zeigen Ihnen, wie Sie so nicht nur Zeit, sondern auch Nerven sparen können. Außerdem erfahren Sie, wie Sie Projekte überwachen, Autofilter die Arbeit übernehmen lassen oder Was-wäre-wenn-Szenarios durchführen, sodass Sie Ihre Projekte schnell und kreativ zum gewünschten Erfolg führen.Table of ContentsÜber die Autorinnen 11 Einleitung 23 Über Project 2013 für Dummies 23 Einige Annahmen über den Leser 23 Konventionen in diesem Buch 24 Was Sie nicht lesen müssen 24 Wie dieses Buch aufgebaut ist 24 Teil I: Einstieg in Project 2013 25 Teil II: Ressourcen verwalten 25 Teil III: Den Basisplan vorbereiten 25 Teil IV: Das Projekt im Plan halten 25 Teil V: Der Top-Ten-Teil 25 Anhang 26 Symbole, die in diesem Buch verwendet werden 26 Wie geht es weiter? 26 Teil I Einstieg in Project 2013 27 Kapitel 1 Projektmanagement, Project 2013 und Sie 29 Eine Einführung in das Projektmanagement 29 Die Rolle des Projektleiters 31 Was genau macht ein Projektleiter? 31 Was Sie mit Project 2013 tun können 32 Der erste Kontakt mit Project 2013 33 In Registerkarten und im Menüband navigieren 36 Weitere Tools anzeigen 39 Von Project Hilfe erhalten 40 Kapitel 2 Das Projekt starten 41 Den Projektauftrag erstellen 41 Der Projektstrukturplan (PSP) 44 Die Arbeit organisieren 45 Ein Projekt beginnen 47 Projektinformationen eingeben 47 Manuelle vs. automatische Planung 49 Den PSP eingeben 51 Vorgänge eingeben 53 Vorgänge aus Outlook importieren 55 Vorgänge herunterstufen und heraufstufen 59 Das Projekt speichern 60 Kapitel 3 Vorgänge erfassen und bearbeiten 61 Sammelvorgänge und Teilvorgänge erstellen 61 Wie viele Ebenen können Sie einrichten? 63 Der Projektsammelvorgang 63 Vorgänge verschieben 66 Vorgänge einblenden und ausblenden 68 Periodische Vorgänge 69 Meilensteine setzen 71 Vorgänge löschen und inaktive Vorgänge 72 Vorgangsnotizen erfassen 73 Kapitel 4 Abhängigkeiten zwischen Vorgängen erfassen 75 Wie Vorgänge voneinander abhängig werden 76 Abhängige Vorgänge: Was war zuerst da? 76 Arten von Abhängigkeitsbeziehungen 78 Murphys Gesetz einkalkulieren: Positive und negative Zeitabstände 80 Abhängigkeitsbeziehungen erstellen 81 Die Abhängigkeitsverknüpfung hinzufügen 82 Erweitern Sie die Reichweite durch externe Verknüpfungen 84 Die Bedeutung von Abhängigkeiten 85 Dinge können sich ändern: Abhängigkeitsbeziehungen entfernen 85 Kapitel 5 Vorgangsdauern abschätzen 89 Eine Vorgangsdauer festlegen 90 Die Vorgangsart vorgeben 90 Leistungsgesteuerte Vorgänge: 1 + 1 = 1/2 93 Aufwand und Dauer abschätzen 94 Schätzverfahren 95 Analoge Schätzung 95 Parametrische Schätzung 96 Drei-Punkt-Schätzung 96 Die Vorgangsdauer festlegen 97 Den Plan mit Einschränkungen steuern 98 Verstehen, wie Einschränkungen funktionieren 98 Einschränkungen einrichten 99 Einen Stichtag festlegen 100 Vorgänge anfangen und unterbrechen 101 Den Anfangstermin eines Vorgangs eingeben 101 Vorgänge unterbrechen 102 Kapitel 6 Ansichten 105 Ein Projekt in einer Ansicht darstellen 105 In Registerkarten und Ansichten navigieren 106 Mit Bildlaufleisten arbeiten 108 Zu einem bestimmten Punkt in einem Plan springen 110 Näheres über Ansichten 110 Die Heimatbasis: Die Ansicht »Gantt-Diagramm« 110 Informationsquellen: Die Ansichten »Ressource: Tabelle« und »Teamplanung« 112 Zeitvorgaben mit der »Zeitachse« zusammenfassen 113 Den Arbeitsfluss verfolgen: Die Ansicht »Netzplandiagramm« 114 Die Ansicht »Kalender« aufrufen 115 Ansichten anpassen 116 Mit Fensterbereichen von Ansichten arbeiten 116 Die Ansicht »Netzplandiagramm« ändern 121 Eine Ansicht zurücksetzen 125 Teil II Ressourcen verwalten 127 Kapitel 7 Ressourcen erstellen 129 Ressourcen: Menschen, Orte und Dinge 129 Ressourcen anlegen 130 Was sind Ressourcen? 130 Ressourcenarten: Arbeit, Material und Kosten 131 Wie Ressourcen die Terminplanung von Vorgängen beeinflussen 131 Die Anforderungen an die Ressourcen einschätzen 132 Ressourcen erstellen 133 Einzelne Ressourcen nacheinander erstellen 133 Namenlose Ressourcen identifizieren 134 Ressourcen zu Gruppen zusammenfassen 135 Die Verfügbarkeit von Ressourcen bestimmen 136 Die Verfügbarkeit abschätzen und einstellen 136 Wenn eine Ressource kommt und geht 137 Ressourcen gemeinsam nutzen 139 Ressourcenpools 139 Ressourcen aus Outlook importieren 141 Kapitel 8 Mit Kalendern arbeiten 143 Basis-, Projekt-, Ressourcen- und Vorgangskalender beherrschen 143 Wie Kalender funktionieren 144 Kalenderbeziehungen 145 Zeitplanung mit Kalenderoptionen und Arbeitszeiten 146 Kalenderoptionen einstellen 146 Ausnahmen für Arbeitszeiten festlegen 148 Mit Vorgangskalendern und Ressourcenkalendern arbeiten 149 Ressourcenkalender einstellen 150 Einen Ressourcenkalender ändern 150 Eine benutzerdefinierte Kalendervorlage erstellen 152 Kalenderkopien freigeben 153 Kapitel 9 Ressourcen zuordnen 157 Die richtige Ressource ermitteln 157 Gesucht: Eine gute, arbeitswillige Ressource 157 Benutzerdefinierte Felder: Qualifikationen 159 Ressourcen sinnvoll zuordnen 159 Zuordnungseinheiten bei Arbeits-, Materialund Kostenressourcen festlegen 160 Zuordnungen vornehmen 160 Arbeitsprofile für Vorgänge definieren 164 Eine nützliche Planungshilfe 165 Kapitel 10 Was soll das alles kosten? 169 Kostenquellen 169 Kosten zusammenrechnen 170 Wann Kosten budgetrelevant werden 171 Kostendaten im Projekt erfassen 171 Feste Kosten lassen sich nicht vermeiden 172 Kosten pro Zeit oder Einsatz erfassen 173 Materialressourcen zuordnen 175 Wie Ihre Einstellungen das Budget beeinflussen 176 Teil III Den Basisplan vorbereiten 179 Kapitel 11 Feinabstimmung des Projektplans 181 Alles geht in das Endergebnis ein 181 Vordefinierte Filter setzen 182 AutoFilter arbeiten lassen 183 Benutzerdefinierte Filter erstellen 185 Daten zu Gruppen zusammenfassen 187 Vordefinierte Gruppen einsetzen 187 Benutzerdefinierte Gruppen erstellen 188 Herausfinden, welche Faktoren ein Projekt bestimmen 191 Vorgänge inspizieren 191 Vorgangswarnungen und -vorschläge bearbeiten 193 Rückgängig, rückgängig, rückgängig 195 Kapitel 12 Projekteinschränkungen handhaben 197 Zeitliche Einschränkungen 197 Sicherheitsreserven einplanen 198 Vorgänge schneller erledigen 200 Den Aufwand verringern 202 Bei Ressourcen Zuflucht suchen 203 Die Verfügbarkeit von Ressourcen prüfen 203 Die Zuordnung einer Ressource ändern oder aufheben 205 Überlastungen auf die Schnelle beseitigen 206 Hilfe bekommen 207 Ressourcen abgleichen 207 Das Projekt neu berechnen 210 Kapitel 13 Ein Projekt präsentationsreif machen 213 Das Aussehen verbessern 213 Das Gantt-Diagramm formatieren 214 Vorgangsbalken formatieren 214 Den kritischen Weg hervorheben 217 Das Gantt-Diagramm neu gestalten 218 Vorgangsknoten formatieren 219 Das Layout anpassen 220 Gitternetzlinien ändern 223 Den Plan mit Grafiken anreichern 224 Ein benutzerdefiniertes Textfeld erstellen 226 Kapitel 14 Alles fängt mit einem Basisplan an 229 Alles über Basispläne 229 Einen Basisplan speichern 230 Mehrere Basispläne speichern 231 Einen Basisplan löschen und neu setzen 233 Zwischenpläne 234 Einen Zwischenplan speichern 234 Einen Zwischenplan löschen und zurücksetzen 235 Teil IV Den Plan einhalten 237 Kapitel 15 Auf der richtigen Spur 239 Einen Kommunikationsmanagementplan entwickeln 239 Daten sammeln 240 Eine Überwachungsmethode auswählen 241 Mit Überwachungswerkzeugen arbeiten 241 Diverse Ansichten zur Überwachung 243 Geleistete Arbeit überwachen und dokumentieren 244 Das Statusdatum setzen 245 Den Zeitplan einhalten 246 Den Prozentsatz der abgeschlossenen Arbeit ermitteln 246 Die tatsächlichen Anfangs- und Endtermine eingeben 248 Die geleistete Arbeit erfassen 248 Überstunden erfassen 250 Die Restdauer für automatisch geplante Vorgänge bestimmen 251 Feste Kosten aktualisieren 252 Einen Vorgang verschieben 253 Ein Projekt aktualisieren 255 Den Materialverbrauch überwachen 256 Mehr als eine Sache überwachen: Konsolidierte Projekte 257 Projekte zusammenführen 258 Konsolidierte Projekte aktualisieren 259 Verknüpfungseinstellungen ändern 260 Kapitel 16 Den Fortschritt überwachen 261 Den Status von Vorgängen überwachen 261 Basisplan vs. Ist-Fortschritt 262 Fortschrittslinien 263 Details anzeigen 266 Den Fortschritt per Ertragswertmanagement überwachen 269 Berechnungen im Hintergrund 270 Ertragswert-Optionen 271 Mehrere kritische Wege 272 Kapitel 17 Maßnahmen bei Planverzögerungen 275 Problemprotokolle führen 275 Zwischenpläne und Basispläne drucken 276 Vorgangsnotizen drucken 277 Was-wäre-wenn-Szenarien 278 Vorgänge sortieren 279 Filter 280 Den kritischen Weg untersuchen 281 Ressourcen erneut abgleichen 283 Faktoren, die den Terminplan eines Vorgangs bestimmen 284 Der Einfluss zusätzlicher Menschen und Zeit auf ein Projekt 285 Zeit sparen 285 Mehr Arbeitskräfte auf ein Problem ansetzen 285 Abhängigkeiten und Vorgangstermine verschieben 287 Wenn alle Stricke reißen 288 Die erforderliche Zeit aufwenden 288 Abkürzungsmöglichkeiten suchen 289 Kapitel 18 Berichte erstellen 291 Standardberichte erstellen 291 Verfügbare Berichte 292 Dashboard-Berichte – ein Überblick 292 Neue Berichte erstellen 294 Daten mit Grafiken aus einer neuen Perspektive anzeigen 295 Einen grafischen Bericht erstellen 295 Einen Bericht präsentationsreif machen 296 Ziehen, ablegen und Größen ändern 297 Grafische Gestaltung 298 Grafiken in einen Bericht einfügen 299 Einen Bericht ausdrucken 302 Die Seite einrichten 302 Eine Vorschau erhalten 306 Den Bericht ausdrucken 307 Mit der Zeitachse arbeiten 308 Vorgänge zur Zeitachse hinzufügen 308 Die Zeitachse anpassen 310 Die Zeitachse kopieren 310 Verbessertes Kopieren und Einfügen 311 Kapitel 19 Laufende Verbesserung 313 Das Projekt analysieren 313 Aus Fehlern lernen 314 Das Team befragen 315 Versionen eines Projekts vergleichen 316 Auf Erfolgen aufbauen 318 Eine Vorlage erstellen 318 Komponenten mit dem Organisator kopieren 320 Teil V Der Top-Ten-Teil 323 Kapitel 20 Zehn goldene Regeln des Projektmanagements 325 Planen Sie rollierend 325 Bereiten Sie Ihre Arbeit vor 326 Rechnen Sie mit Überraschungen 327 Erfassen Sie Daten zeitnah 327 Delegieren Sie 328 Dokumentieren Sie 328 Halten Sie Ihr Team auf dem Laufenden 329 Messen Sie den Erfolg 329 Bleiben Sie flexibel 330 Lernen Sie aus Ihren Fehlern 330 Kapitel 21 Zehn coole Shortcuts in Project 2013 333 Vorgangsinformationen 333 Ressourceninformationen 333 Häufig benutzte Funktionen 334 Teilvorgänge einblenden oder verbergen 335 Heraufstufen und herabstufen 335 Nach unten füllen 336 Navigation 336 Stunden in Jahre 336 Shortcuts der Zeitachse 336 Schnelle Suche 337 Glossar 339 Stichwortverzeichnis 349

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Book Synopsis LaTeX lernen leicht gemacht Von der Installation bis zum Druck: Rainer Griesbaum und Ivica Rogina erklären Ihnen in diesem Buch alles, was Sie zu dem bei Mathematikern, Naturwissenschaftlern und Ingenieuren beliebten Textsatzsystem LaTeX wissen müssen. Bringen Sie mit LaTeX umfangreiche Texte elegant in Form und integrieren Sie anschauliche Abbildungen, übersichtliche Tabellen, informative Fu?noten und schön gestaltete mathematische Formeln. Im Handumdrehen haben Sie ein Inhaltsverzeichnis erstellt, ein Register angelegt oder eine ansprechende Präsentation aufgebaut. Das alles können Sie mit dem Online- Editor Overleaf auch im Internet erledigen, alleine oder gemeinsam mit anderen. Sie erfahren Wie Sie LaTeX und eine bersichtliche Arbeitsumgebung einrichten Wie Sie Texte formatieren, Tabellen erstellen oder Formeln setzen Wie Sie Dokumente strukturieren, Verzeichnisse erstellen und Abbildungen einbinden

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Book SynopsisEinleitung.- Die Logistik.- E-Commerce.- Dropshipping Modell.- Dropshipping in Indien und in den Vereinigten Staaten.- Marketingstrategien Dropshipping.- Kaufentscheidungsprozess von Kunden.- Experteninterviews und Fragebogen.- Beeinflussung der Kaufentscheidungen der Konsumenten*innen durch Nachhaltigkeitenbemühungen der Unternehmen.- Erfolgsfaktoren für eine Expansion von Indien in die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika.

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Book SynopsisArtificial Intelligence / Künstliche Intelligenz.- Enterprise- & IT-Architektur.- Digital Business.- Cloud Computing.- Deployment Automatisierung.- Software-Defined Vehicles.- Software-Defined Enterprises.

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Book SynopsisÜberblick über das Digital Consulting.- Methoden und Ansätze.- Werkzeuge.- Fallbeispiele.

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Book SynopsisBusiness Process Management (BPM) has become one of the most widely used approaches for the design of modern organizational and information systems. The conscious treatment of business processes as significant corporate assets has facilitated substantial improvements in organizational performance but is also used to ensure the conformance of corporate activities. This Handbook presents in two volumes the contemporary body of knowledge as articulated by the world's leading BPM thought leaders. This second volume focuses on the managerial and organizational challenges of BPM such as strategic and cultural alignment, governance and the education of BPM stakeholders. As such, this book provides concepts and methodologies for the integration of BPM. Each chapter has been contributed by leading international experts. Selected case studies complement their views and lead to a summary of BPM expertise that is unique in its coverage of the most critical success factors of BPM.The second edition of this handbook has been significantly revised and extended. Each chapter has been updated to reflect the most current developments. This includes in particular new technologies such as in-memory data and process management, social media and networks. A further focus of this revised and extended edition is on the actual deployment of the proposed theoretical concepts. This volume includes a number of entire new chapters from some of the world's leading experts in the domain of BPM. Table of ContentsStrategic Alignment.- Governance.- People and culture.

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Book SynopsisTechnology transfer has a long history, but only recently has it become the subject of study and action. The rapid rate of scientific and technical advance in both Europe and the United States and the existence of large technology gaps among nations has brought the importance of the process into sharper focus, and has c~used technology transfer to have implications for countless aspects of both national and international develop­ ment. Technology transfer has been variously defined as: the process of information transfer between science, technology and actual utilization of scientific data and ideas, to wit: production of goods and services; the process by which science and technology are diffused throughout human activity; the transfer of research results into operations; the process by which technical information originating in one setting is adapted for use in another setting. Collectively, these and other definitions share a common theme which characterizes the process as one of bringing technology i'ilto widespread use in solving mankind's problems in the shortest practical time. The first NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) on Technology Transfer in July, 1973, brought together many of the individuals dealing with quantitative data, based on empirical research. This conference had both the advantages and disadvantages of a somewhat detached point of view. The ASI also had lectures contributed by representatives from government agencies and corporations (and a few university-based scholars) who had been active as practitioners or consultants in policy-making and organizational design for technology transfer.Table of ContentsI. Introduction.- World Crises: an Opportunity for Technology Transfer (Chairman’s Introduction).- Technology Transfer in the United States.- II. Quantitative and Qualitative Areas.- Empirical Approaches to Understanding Transfer Processes in Technological Change: Report on a Workshop.- Development and Implications of a Technique for Quantifying Technology.- Technology Transfer in the British Textile Industry.- The Critical Role of Communication in Technology Transfer.- Regulatory Barriers to Technological Innovation: Some Examples.- III. Public Technology.- Remote Sensing Technology Transfer to the Public Sector.- Accelerating Reform in the Courts through Technology Transfer.- Organizing U.S. State and Local Governments to Capture the Benefits of R&D.- Technology Transfer: Expanded Uses of Federal Laboratories.- Transfer of Military Technology to Civilian Needs.- European Views on the Transfer of Technology from Military to Civil Uses.- Technology Transfer from the Defense to the Civilian Sector in Israel: Methodology and Findings.- IV. International Technology Transfer.- People’s Republic of China’s Purchases of Industrial Plants from Japan.- U.S. Corporate Experience in Transferring Industrial Technology to the Soviet Bloc.- Barriers to the Transfer of Military Systems Technology to the United States.- Nuclear Energy Technology Transfer: the Security Barriers.- European Community Policies and Programmes Favouring Technology Transfer.- Assessing Effects of International Technology Transfer on the U.S. Economy.- V. Multinational Technology Transfer.- Technology Transfer in a Multinational Firm.- The Role of Technology in Development.- How to Obtain Foreign Technology at Minimum Cost, or Free.- An Evaluation of Technology Transfer in Under-Developed Countries.- VI. Summary, Synthesis and Review.- Summary.

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Book SynopsisThe Crucial Role of Digital Technology in Intangible Cultural Heritage Preservation.- Reconstructing the Classification System of Intangible Cultural Heritage from a Digital Perspective.- Applications of Digital Technology in the Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage.- Advanced Development of Digital Technology in the Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage.- The Use of Intelligent Media Technologies in the Dissemination of Intangible Cultural Heritage.- The Multifaceted Relationships in the Development of the Digital Cultural Industry.- Characteristics and Guidance of Cultural Consumption in the Digital Economy Era.- 5G Technology Driving Innovation and Development in the Cultural Industry.- Artificial Intelligence Pioneering a New Era of Digital Cultural Industry Development.- High-Quality Development of the Digital Cultural Industry from an Industrial Chain Perspective.- Media Revolution Triggered by New Technology Development.- Mass Media and the Mass World.- Online Communities and Social Networking.- On Violence in Online Games and the Construction of Violence Indices.- Citizen Speech and Online Public Opinion.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a compelling and comprehensive guide to data science, emphasizing its real-world business applications and focusing on how to collaborate productively with data science teams.Trade ReviewEngaging in data science requires diplomacy for maximal impact. Namely, understanding the norms and priorities of data professionals helps you to spot risks and opportunities. As experienced, trusted data science advisors, and by providing valuable examples, Friedman and Swaminathan open a new data-driven world that spans every single industry vertical. -- Armen Kherlopian, CEO and Partner, Covenant Venture CapitalWinning with Data Science is refreshingly practical and clear. It’s also fun and empowering. After reading it, you’ll be more savvy about working with data teams and more valuable to your company. You may even become the envy of your colleagues (and competitors), who will wonder how you got so smart. -- Steven Strogatz, Susan and Barton Winokur Distinguished Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Mathematics, Cornell University, and author of Infinite PowersFriedman and Swaminathan have taken the complex topic of data science and made it accessible to everyone. Their creative use of characters, situations, and meaningful examples serve to demystify how to think about the field, how to use data science to solve everyday problems, and how to interact with data scientists to ensure successful projects. An excellent read, even for people who (think they) know a little about the field of data science! -- Melvin (Skip) Olson, global head, Integrated Evidence Strategy and Innovation, Novartis Pharma AGWinning with Data Science addresses a critical but often ignored obstacle in data science: the knowledge gap between business stakeholders and technical teams. This book cuts through data science buzzwords and empowers readers with the knowledge to cultivate thriving data cultures. Distinguishing itself from others, this book prioritizes effective communication and collaboration within the data science sphere, facilitating deeper discussions on intricate technical subjects. -- Jeff Chen, former chief data scientist of the U.S. Department of Commerce and coauthor of Data Science for Public PolicyA terrific work. Winning with Data Science expertly takes readers through daily 'data lives,' struggles with business problems, and the data science concepts that can help address them. -- Paul W. Thurman, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and author of MBA Fundamentals: StatisticsFriedman and Swaminathan provide a deep understanding of data science methodologies to managers, striking exactly the right balance of complexity and accessibility. -- Kim Sweeny, Principal Projects Officer, Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities, Victoria UniversityIn today's digital age, data is king. And for business leaders, extracting insights and using them to drive informed decisions is more crucial than ever. . . . If [you] want to speak the language of data and harness its potential, Winning with Data Science is a must-read. -- Ken Kuang, entrepreneur, and Founder, Torrey Hills TechnologiesBy the end of the book, you'll feel like a pro in talking about data, even if you're not a tech expert. -- Nirali Mehta, Founder and CEO, PHARMA-STATSWinning with Data Science tackles the complex topic of data science and simplifies it to make it accessible to anyone, enabling a more data-driven culture at your organization. -- David Mathison, CEO, Chief AI Officer Summit, CDO Club, and CDO SummitTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Tools of the Trade2. The Data Science Project3. Data Science Foundations4. Making Decisions with Data5. Clustering, Segmenting, and Cutting Through the Noise6. Building Your First Model7. Tools for Machine Learning8. Pulling It Together9. EthicsConclusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisVirtual humans are becoming more and more popular and used in many applications such as the entertainment industry (in both film and games) and medical applications.Table of ContentsPreface. List of Contributors. List of Figures. List of Tables. 1. An Overview of Virtual Humans (Nadia Magnenat Thalmann and Daniel Thalmann). 2. Face Cloning and Face Motion Capture (Wonsook Lee, Taro Goto, Sumedha Kshirsagar, Tom Molet). 3. Body Cloning and Body Motion Capture (Pascal Fua, Ralf Plaenkers, WonSook Lee, Tom Molet). 4. Anthropometric Body Modeling (Hyewon Seo). 5. Body Motion Control (Ronan Boulic, Paolo Baerlocher). 6. Facial Deformation Models (Prem Kalra, Stephane Garchery, Sumedha Kshirsagar). 7. Body Deformations (Amaury Aubel). 8. Hair Simulation (Sunil Hadap). 9. Cloth Simulation (Pascal Volino, Frédéric Cordier). 10. Expressive Speech Animation and Facial Communication (Sumedha Kshirsagar, Arjan Egges, Stéphane Garchery). 11. Behavioral Animation (Jean-Sébastien Monzani, Anthony Guye-Vuilleme, Etienne de Sevin). 12. Body Gesture Recognition and Action Response (Luc Emering, Bruno Herbelin). 13. Interaction with 3-D Objects (Marcello Kallmann). 14. Groups and Crowd Simulation (Soraia Raupp Musse, Branislav Ulicny, Amaury Aubel). 15. Rendering of Skin and Clothes (Neeharika Adabala). 16. Standards for Virtual Humans (Stéphane Garchery, Ronan Boulic, Tolga Capin, Prem Kalra). Appendix A: Damped Least Square Pseudo-Inverse J+A. Appendix B: H-Anim Joint and Segment Topology. Appendix C: Facial Animation Parameter Set . References. Index.

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Book SynopsisCreate powerful, innovative reporting solutions with Excel 2007! With this new book, which is significantly updated from the bestselling Excel 2003 version, author Timothy Zapawa provides you with in-depth coverage of Excel 2007's enhanced reporting capabilities.Table of ContentsAbout the Author. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I Report Basics. Chapter 1 Taking a First Look at Excel's Reporting Tools. Chapter 2 Getting Started with PivotTable Reports. Chapter 3 PivotTable Essentials and Components. Part II External Data. Chapter 4 Working with External Data Sources. Chapter 5 Looking at the Get External Data Tab. Chapter 6 Retrieving External Data Using Microsoft Query. Chapter 7 Using the Query Wizard. Chapter 8 Getting Started with Microsoft Query. Chapter 9 Working with SQL in Microsoft Query. Part III PivotTable Reporting. Chapter 10 Designing PivotTable Reports. Chapter 11 PivotTable Report Formatting. Chapter 12 Managing PivotTable Data. Chapter 13 Analyzing Data in a PivotChart. Part IV Spreadsheet Reporting. Chapter 14 Creating and Using Spreadsheet Reports. Chapter 15 Building Report Solutions. Chapter 16 Spreadsheet ReportFormatting. Part V Appendices. Appendix A SQL Reference. Appendix B Pop-Up Menus, Clicking Actions, and Toolbar Functions. Index.

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Book SynopsisCombine the power of Excel 2007, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, and sound project management tools to boost your skill set and maximize your productivity. You'll walk through a project and learn how to use these powerful tools to schedule jobs, create budgets, manage processes, and share project information. Whether new to project management or a veteran, you'll discover techniques, hints, and examples you can use immediately.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Chapter 1. Establishing Project Management Fundamentals. Chapter 2. Establishing Excel and Office 2007 Share Point Server Fundamentals. Chapter 3. Initiating the Project. Chapter 4. Determining Project Requirements. Chapter 5. Planning and Acquiring Resources. Chapter 6. Assessing and Tracking Risk. Chapter 7. Quality Management. Chapter 8. Constructing the Project Schedule and Budget. Chapter 9. Establishing Change Control Processes. Chapter 10. Controlling Project Outcomes and Archiving Documents. Appendix A. Excel Function Junction. Index.

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Book SynopsisReveal your inner business artist with Visio Turn your ideas into diagrams and drawings with Visio's stencils and templates If you have an idea you want to get down on electronic paper, Visio 2007 is for you, and so is this book! They're both flexible and user-friendly.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Starting with Visio 2007 Basics 7 Chapter 1: Visio 101 9 Chapter 2: Creating and Saving a Simple Visio Drawing 29 Chapter 3: Printing Visio Drawings 69 Part II: Creating Visio Drawings 89 Chapter 4: Discovering What Visio Shapes Are All About 91 Chapter 5: Adding Text to Your Drawings 119 Chapter 6: Connecting Shapes 145 Part III: Taking Your Drawings to the Next Level 167 Chapter 7: Perfecting Your Drawings 169 Chapter 8: Creating and Customizing Shapes 191 Chapter 9: Working with Pages 227 Chapter 10: Layering Your Drawings 249 Part IV: Advancing Your Knowledge of Visio 265 Chapter 11: Creating Stencils, Master Shapes, and Templates 267 Chapter 12: Managing Shape Information, Behavior, and Protection 281 Chapter 13: Marking Up Drawings for Review 313 Chapter 14: Using Visio with Other Programs 329 Part V: The Part of Tens 357 Chapter 15: Ten Common Tasks in Visio 359 Chapter 16: Ten Web Sites Devoted to Visio 365 Index 371

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Book SynopsisThe first book to present a unified account of symbolic data analysis methods in a consistent statistical framework, Symbolic Data Analysis features a substantial number of examples from a range of application areas, including health, the social sciences, economics, and computer science.Trade Review“Primarily aimed at statisticians and Data analysts, SDA is also ideal for scientists…” (Zentralblatt MATH, 2007)Table of Contents1. Introduction. References. 2. Symbolic Data. 2.1 Symbolic and Classical Data. 2.2 Categories, Concepts and Symbolic Objects. 2.3 Comparison of Symbolic and Classical Analysis. 3. Basic Descriptive Statistics: One Variate. 3.1 Some Preliminaries. 3.2 Multi-valued Variables. 3.3 Interval-valued Variables. 3.4 Multi-valued Modal variables. 3.5 Interval-valued Modal Variables. 4. Descriptive Statistics: Two or More Variates. 4.1 Multi-valued Variables. 4.2 Interval-valued Variables. 4.3 Modal Multi-valued Variables. 4.4 Modal Interval-valued Variables. 4.5 Baseball Interval-valued Dataset. 4.6 Measures of Dependence. 5. Principal Component Analysis. 5.1 Vertices Method. 5.2 Centers Method. 5.3 Comparison of the Methods. 6. Regression Analysis. 6.1 Classical Multiple Regression Model. 6.2 Multi-valued Variables. 6.3 Interval-valued Variables. 6.4 Histogram-valued Variables. 6.5 Taxonomy Variables. 6.6 Hierarchical Variables. 7. Cluster Analysis. 7.1 Dissimilarity and Distance Measures. 7.2 Clustering Structures. 7.3 Partitions. 7.4 Hierarchy-Divisive Clustering. 7.5 Hierarchy-Pyramid Clusters. Data Index. Author Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisYou can get there Introduction to Databases Project Manual offers a wealth of easy-to-read, practical, up-to-date activities that reinforce fundamental database design and management concepts. You''ll also learn to develop the core competencies and skills you''ll need in the real world, such as how to: * Install SQL Server 2005 * Read and create an ERD * Design and implement a database * Use DDL and DML commands * Use and monitor transactions * Manage security principles, permissions, and backups * Design data environments * Use replication With five to seven projects per chapter ranging from easy to more advanced, Introduction to Databases Project Manual is ideal for both traditional and online courses that are oriented toward strengthening database management skills. Introduction to Databases Project Manual is an excellent companion to Gillenson''s Introduction to Databases (ISBN: 978-0-470-10186-5Table of Contents1 Introduction to Data and Data Management 1.1 Identifying Business Data 2 1.2 Identifying Human Data Sources 4 1.3 Installing SQL Server 2005 Evaluation Edition 5 1.4 Learning about SQL Server Management Studio 12 1.5 Identifying Key Management Areas 19 2 Introducing Databases and Database Management Systems 2.1 Comparing Database Models 21 2.2 Identifying DBMS Architecture and Components 23 2.3 Reviewing Server Hardware Resources 24 2.4 Investigating SQL Server Databases 32 2.5 Identifying Application Requirements 35 3 Data Modeling 3.1 Understanding Data Modeling Concepts 39 3.2 Recognizing Entities, Attributes, and Identifiers 40 3.3 Recognizing Relationships and Business Rules 42 3.4 Reading an ERD 45 3.5 Creating an ERD 47 3.6 Viewing Basic Database Objects 50 4 Designing a Database 4.1 Understanding Key Concepts 59 4.2 Converting Relationships 60 4.3 Reviewing a Normalized Database 65 4.4 Recognizing Normalization Errors 69 4.5 Normalizing Data 73 5 Implementing a Database 5.1 Understanding Terms and Concepts 78 5.2 Identifying Solution Requirements 79 5.3 Creating a Database 84 5.4 Creating Tables, Part 1 88 5.5 Setting Table Constraints 91 5.6 Creating Tables, Part 2 96 6 Understanding the SQL Language 6.1 Understanding Terms and Concepts 102 6.2 Identifying Help Resources 104 6.3 Comparing Command Environments 111 6.4 Using the SELECT Command 116 6.5 Using DDL Commands 121 6.6 Using DML Commands 126 7 Data Access and Manipulation 7.1 Understanding Data Access 132 7.2 Retrieving Data 133 7.3 Using Advanced Data Retrieval 138 7.4 Using Batches and Scripts 141 7.5 Recognizing and Correcting Syntax Errors 144 8 Improving Data Access 8.1 Understanding Database Monitoring and Optimization 149 8.2 Investigating Resources and Configuration Settings 151 8.3 Monitoring Performance 163 8.4 Recognizing Bottlenecks 172 8.5 Using Indexes and Views 175 8.6 Using Procedures and Functions 179 9 Database Administration 9.1 Understanding Administration 184 9.2 Understanding Roles and Responsibilities 186 9.3 Matching Life Cycle Requirements 188 9.4 Resolving Administration Issues 190 9.5 Managing "As-Needed" and Periodic Tasks 196 10 Transactions and Locking 10.1 Understanding Transactions and Locking 210 10.2 Understanding Transaction Types 212 10.3 Understanding Transaction Isolation and Locking 219 10.4 Using Transactions 226 10.5 Monitoring Transactions and Clearing Blocked Transactions 231 11 Data Access and Security 11.1 Understanding Data Access and Security 236 11.2 Designing for Access and Security 238 11.3 Understanding Your Security Environment 242 11.4 Managing Security Principals 249 11.5 Managing Permissions 255 11.6 Managing Backups 263 12 Supporting Database Applications 12.1 Understanding Data Configurations 267 12.2 Designing Data Environments 269 12.3 Working in a Distributed Environment 277 12.4 Using Distributed Queries 284 12.5 Using Replication 291 12.6 Understanding Data Issues 299

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Book SynopsisDo you want to create a sophisticated Web site that's easy to develop and maintain? Whether you're a beginner or an experienced Web developer, this guide shows you how to utilize Dreamweaver's enhancements to build and manage state-of-the-art, professional Web sites quickly and easily.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Creating Great Web Sites. Chapter 1: The Many Ways to Design a Web Page. Chapter 2: Opening and Creating Sites in Dreamweaver. Chapter 3: Adding Graphics. Chapter 4: Managing, Testing, and Publishing a Site. Part II: Appreciating Web Design Options. Chapter 5: Cascading Style Sheets. Chapter 6: Creating CSS Layouts. Chapter 7: Coming to the HTML Table. Chapter 8: Framing Your Pages. Chapter 9: Coordinating Your Design Work. Part III: Making It Cool with Multimedia and JavaScript. Chapter 10: Adding Interactivity with Behaviors. Chapter 11: Showing Off with Multimedia. Chapter 12: Forms Follow Function. Part IV: Working with Dynamic Content. Chapter 13: Building a Dynamic Web Site: Getting Started. Chapter 14: Bringing Data into the Mix. Chapter 15: Using Forms to Manage Your Dynamic Web Site. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 16: Ten Resources You May Need. Chapter 17: Ten Timesaving Tips. Chapter 18: Ten Great Web Sites Designed in Dreamweaver. Index.

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Book SynopsisA thorough and self-contained treatment for SAS users preparing for the Base Programming Certification Exam for SAS 9complete with explanations, tips, and practice exam questions SAS 9 Study Guide is designed to help users of SAS 9 become familiar with the fine points of the software as well as develop solid study strategies that will shorten preparation time and ensure successful exam results. The following five study topics are addressed with a focused chapter devoted to each: accessing data; creating data structures; managing data; generating reports; and handling errors. SAS 9 Study Guide provides both a conceptual and practical approach to each of these areas with detailed explanations followed by examples. Each chapter presents concepts, processes, and applications in a clear, step-by-step format along with detailed explanations and examples. Individual chapters also contain: A Two-Minute Drill that provides a checklist of key points for review Table of ContentsContents. Preface. Introduction. I. Accessing Data. 2. Creating Data Structures. 3. Managing Data. 4. Generating Reports. 5. Handling Errors. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis third volume of the best-selling Data Model Resource Book series revolutionizes the data modeling discipline by answering the question How can you save significant time while improving the quality of any type of data modeling effort? In contrast to the first two volumes, this new volume focuses on the fundamental, underlying patterns that affect over 50 percent of most data modeling efforts. These patterns can be used to considerably reduce modeling time and cost, to jump-start data modeling efforts, as standards and guidelines to increase data model consistency and quality, and as an objective source against which an enterprise can evaluate data models. Table of ContentsForeword xxv Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Why Is There a Need for This Book? 1 Extending the Discipline of Data Modeling 4 What Is a Pattern and What Is a Universal Pattern? 5 What Is the Significance of Patterns? 6 Approach of This Book 6 The Different Pattern Levels 7 Who Is the Intended Audience for This Book? 14 What Is in This Book 15 Other Patterns for Data Modeling 17 Conventions and Standards Used in This Book 18 Entities 18 Subtypes and Supertypes 19 Attributes 20 Relationships 22 Relationship Optionality 23 Relationship Cardinality 25 Foreign Key Relationships 26 Associative Entities to Handle Many-to-Many Relationships 26 Exclusive Arcs 27 Example Data in Illustration Tables 28 Data Modeling Notation 29 Summary 33 References 33 Chapter 2 Setting Up Roles: What Parties Do 35 What Is the Significance of This Type of Pattern? 36 What Is in This Chapter? 36 What Is a Declarative Role? 37 Level 1 Declarative Role Pattern 38 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 40 How Does This Pattern Work? 41 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 44 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 45 Synopsis 46 Level 2 Declarative Role Pattern 47 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 48 How Does This Pattern Work? 48 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 53 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 54 Synopsis 55 Level 3 Declarative Role Pattern 56 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 56 How Does This Pattern Work? 57 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 63 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 64 Synopsis 65 Summary of Patterns 65 References 69 Chapter 3 Using Roles: How Parties Are Involved 71 What Is the Significance of This Type of Pattern? 72 What Is in This Chapter? 72 What Is a Contextual Role? 73 Level 1 Contextual Role Pattern, Attributes 74 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 74 How Does This Pattern Work? 76 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 78 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 79 Synopsis 80 Level 1 Contextual Role Pattern, Relationships 80 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 81 How Does This Pattern Work? 81 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 87 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 87 Synopsis 88 Level 2 Contextual Role Pattern 88 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 89 How Does This Pattern Work? 89 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 97 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 98 Synopsis 99 Level 2 Contextual Role Pattern, PARTY Only Alternative 99 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 100 How Does This Pattern Work? 100 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 106 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 106 Synopsis 107 Level 3 Contextual Role Pattern 107 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 108 How Does This Pattern Work? 108 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 114 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 115 Synopsis 116 Hybrid Contextual Role Pattern 117 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 117 How Does This Pattern Work? 118 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 123 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 123 Synopsis 124 Summary of Patterns 124 References 131 Chapter 4 Hierarchies, Aggregations, and Peer-to-Peer Relationships: The Organization of Similar Data 133 What Is the Significance of This Type of Pattern? 133 What Is in This Chapter? 134 What Is a Recursive Relationship and How Is Data Organized by Recursive Relationships? 134 Level 1 Recursive Pattern 138 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 138 How Does This Pattern Work? 139 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 144 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 145 Synopsis 145 Level 2 Recursive Pattern 146 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 146 How Does This Pattern Work? 147 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 152 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 153 Synopsis 154 Level 2 Expanded Recursive Pattern 155 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 155 How Does This Pattern Work? 156 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 162 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 162 Synopsis 163 Level 3 Recursive Pattern 164 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 165 How Does This Pattern Work? 165 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 170 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 171 Synopsis 172 Level 3 Recursive Pattern with Rules 173 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 173 How Does This Pattern Work? 174 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 179 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 180 Synopsis 180 Summary of Patterns 180 References 186 Chapter 5 Types and Categories: the Classification of Data 187 What Is the Significance of This Type of Pattern? 187 What Is in This Chapter? 188 What Are Types, Categorizations, and Taxonomies? 189 Level 1 Classification Pattern 190 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 190 How Does This Pattern Work? 190 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 195 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 196 Synopsis 197 Level 2 Classification Pattern 197 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 197 How Does This Pattern Work? 198 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 205 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 206 Synopsis 207 Level 3 Classification Pattern 208 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 208 How Does This Pattern Work? 208 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 219 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 220 Synopsis 221 Level 3 Classification Pattern with Rollups and Schemes 222 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 222 How Does This Pattern Work? 223 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 229 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 230 Synopsis 230 Summary of Patterns 230 References 235 Chapter 6 Status: The States of Data 237 What Is the Significance of This Type of Pattern? 238 What Is in This Chapter? 239 What Is a Status? 240 Level 1 Status Pattern 244 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 245 How Does This Pattern Work? 246 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 251 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 253 Synopsis 253 Level 2 Status Pattern, Current Status 254 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 255 How Does This Pattern Work? 255 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 260 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 260 Synopsis 261 Level 3 Status Pattern 261 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 261 How Does This Pattern Work? 262 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 267 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 267 Synopsis 268 Level 4 Status Pattern 269 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 269 How Does This Pattern Work? 269 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 277 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 278 Synopsis 279 Status Category Pattern 280 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 280 How Does This Pattern Work? 280 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 282 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 285 Synopsis 285 Status Type with Multi Rollup and Rules Pattern 286 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 286 How Does This Pattern Work? 287 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 293 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 294 Synopsis 294 Summary of Patterns 294 References 301 Chapter 7 Contact Mechanisms: How to Get in Touch 303 What Is the Significance of This Type of Pattern? 303 What Is in This Chapter? 304 What Is a Contact Mechanism? 305 Level 1 Contact Mechanism Pattern 308 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 309 How Does This Pattern Work? 310 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 321 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 322 Synopsis 323 Level 2 Contact Mechanism Pattern 324 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 325 How Does This Pattern Work? 325 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 342 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 343 Synopsis 344 Level 3 Contact Mechanism Pattern 345 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 346 How Does This Pattern Work? 346 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 361 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 361 Synopsis 362 Level 4 Contact Mechanism Pattern 364 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 364 How Does This Pattern Work? 364 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 378 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 378 Synopsis 379 Contact Mechanism Pattern with Geographic Boundary 380 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 381 How Does This Pattern Work? 384 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 389 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 390 Synopsis 390 Contact Mechanism with Flexible Address Parts Pattern 391 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 393 How Does This Pattern Work? 394 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 398 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 398 Synopsis 399 Other Common Contact Mechanism Data 399 Non-Solicitation 400 Instructions 401 Directions 402 Telephone Extensions 402 Synopsis 403 Summary of Patterns 403 References 410 Chapter 8 Business Rules: How Things Should Work 411 What Is the Significance of This Type of Pattern? 411 What Is in This Chapter? 414 What Is a Business Rule? 415 Level 2 Business Rules Pattern 417 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 417 How Does This Pattern Work? 419 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 442 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 444 Synopsis 444 Level 3 Business Rules Pattern 446 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 446 How Does This Pattern Work? 447 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 460 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 461 Synopsis 461 Business Rules with Party Roles 462 Why Do We Need This Pattern? 462 How Do These Patterns Work? 463 When Should This Pattern Be Used? 465 What Are the Weaknesses of the Pattern? 465 Synopsis 465 Summary of Patterns 465 References 468 Chapter 9 Using the Patterns 469 What Is in This Chapter? 470 The Scenario 471 Prototype Models, Scope Statements 472 The Scenario for These Models 472 How Do These Models Work? 473 Why Do We Do It This Way? 478 What Are the Strengths of Using Patterns for the Solution? 481 What Are the Weaknesses of Using Patterns for the Solution? 482 Synopsis 483 Application Data Models 483 The Scenario for This Model 484 How Do These Models Work? 484 Why Do We Do It This Way? 488 What Are the Strengths of Using Patterns for the Solution? 490 What Are the Weaknesses of Using Patterns for the Solution? 491 Synopsis 492 Enterprise Data Models 492 The Scenario for This Model 495 How Do These Models Work? 498 Why Do We Do It This Way? 501 What Are the Strengths of Using Patterns for the Solution? 501 What Are the Weaknesses of Using Patterns for the Solution? 502 Synopsis 502 Data Warehouse Models 503 The Scenario for This Model 504 Data Warehouse Data Models — Relational Approach 506 How Do These Models Work? 507 Why Do We Do It This Way? 513 What Are the Strengths of Using Patterns for the Solution? 514 What Are the Weaknesses of Using Patterns for the Solution? 515 Synopsis 515 Data Warehouse/Data Mart Data Models — Star Schemas 516 How Do These Models Work? 516 Why Do We Do It This Way? 527 What Are the Strengths of Using Patterns for the Solution? 528 What Are the Weaknesses of Using Patterns for the Solution? 529 Synopsis 530 Master Data Management 530 The Scenario for This Model 530 How Does This Model Work? 534 Why Do We Do It This Way? 543 What Are the Strengths of Using Patterns for the Solution? 544 What Are the Weaknesses of Using Patterns for the Solution? 545 Synopsis 545 Other Thoughts Regarding Using the Patterns 546 Physical Database Design 546 Other Applications for Patterns 547 Other Considerations When Using Generalized Patterns 547 Summary of Using the Patterns 548 References 552 Chapter 10 Socializing the Patterns 553 What Is the Significance of Socializing the Patterns? 554 What Is in This Chapter? 554 Experiences Using and Socializing These Patterns 555 What Makes the Difference In Socializing the Patterns? 558 Understanding Motivations — Why Would Someone Use or Not Use the Patterns? 559 Creating a Clear, Common, Compelling Purpose and Vision for Using the Patterns 566 Developing Trust so People Can Rely on the Patterns 569 Managing Resistance and/or Conflict Regarding Patterns 573 Other Comments about Socializing the Patterns 580 Patterns May Need to Be Socialized in Many Types of Circumstances 581 What about Upper-Level Management Commitment? 581 What Is the Return on Investment Regarding Using These Patterns? 582 Summary 584 References 585 Index 587

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Book SynopsisNot feeling too peachy about computerizing your accounting system? Relax! Peachtree For Dummies, 3rd Edition will show you how to set up your company in Peachtree and then use it to pay bills, invoice customers, pay employees, produce financial reports, and more. You'll quickly discover how Peachtree can save you time, effort, and money so that you no longer have to do your accounting by hand or pay someone else to do it for you. Publishing to coincide with the latest release of Peachtree, this third edition is revised to cover the newest updates and enhancements made to the most recent version of Peachtree. Veteran authors Elaine Marmel and Diane Koers break down the capabilities of Peachtree Premium Accounting, from building an effective chart of accounts, to customizing forms and modifying reports, to setting up default information that will save you time down the line. You'll also discover how to: Work with purchase orders Sell Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Getting Started. Chapter 1. Mastering Peachtree Basics. Chapter 2. Setting Up Your Company. Chapter 3. Designing the Cart of Accounts. Chapter 4. Setting Up Background Information. Part II: the Daily Drudge. Chapter 5. Buying Goods. Chapter 6. Payment Bills. Chapter 7. Selling Products and Services. Chapter 8. Collecting the Money. Chapter 9. Paid Employees Are Happy Employees. Chapter 10. Billing for Your Time. Chapter 11. Counting Your Stuff. Chapter 12. Tracking Project Costs. Part III: The Fancy Stuff. Chapter 13. Working with Forms. Chapter 14. Making Reports Work for You. Chapter 15. Reviewing the Financial Picture. Chapter 16. When the Bank Statement Arrives. Chapter 17. When Accounting Cycles End and Other Miscellaneous Stuff. Chapter 18. Keeping Your House Safe. Chapter 19. Real-Life Ways to Use Peachtree. Part IV: The Part of Tens. Chapter 20. Ten or So Common Peachtree Messages (And What You Can Do About Them). Chapter 21. ten or So Things You Can Get From the Web. Index.

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Book SynopsisA report is only useful if those who receive it understand what it means. Knowing how to use Crystal Reports gives you the edge in producing reports from your database that really are crystal clear. Crystal Reports 2008 For Dummies is a quick and easy guide to get you going with the latest version of this bestselling report-writing software.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 1 What You’re Not to Read 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Book Is Organized 3 Part I: Reporting Basics 3 Part II: Moving Up to Professional-Quality Reports 3 Part III: Advanced Report Types and Features 3 Part IV: Crystal Reports in the Enterprise 3 Part V: Publishing Your Reports 4 Part VI: The Part of Tens 4 Icons Used in This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 5 Part I: Reporting Basics 7 Chapter 1: Transforming Raw Data into Meaningful Information 9 Major Features of Crystal Reports 2008 9 Formatting a report 10 Generating barcodes 11 Enhancing a report with formulas and custom functions 11 Getting visual with charts and maps 11 Xcelsius integration 12 Adobe Flash integration 12 Displaying a report 12 Distributing a report 12 Supplying Crystal Reports with data 13 The Lone Edition of Crystal Reports 2008 13 Viewing a Report 13 Reading a printed report 13 Viewing a report with Crystal Reports 14 Viewing a report on a LAN or on the Web 16 Chapter 2: Create a Simple Report Right Now! 17 First Things First: Finding the Sample Database 18 Starting Crystal Reports 2008 18 Creating a Report with the Blank Report Option 20 Allocating more space to the layout 24 Introducing your report 25 Choosing the fields that appear in your report 27 Improving the readability of page headers 29 Previewing the report 30 Page footers carry useful information 32 Wrapping things up with a report footer 34 Recording helpful information about your report 34 Printing a Report 36 Where to Go from Here 36 Chapter 3: Report Design Guidelines 37 Defining an Effective Report Design 37 Defining Your Audience 37 Defining the Report’s Purpose 38 Choosing Content for Your Report 39 Choosing the Report Appearance 39 Making a good first impression 40 Deciding how best to present the information 40 Choosing graphic elements for your report 41 Style communicates meaning, too 41 Making sure your report conveys your message 42 Chapter 4: Starting Your Report 43 Using the Report Creation Wizard 43 Creating a report with the Standard Report Creation Wizard 44 Using other report-creation wizards 49 Starting with a Blank Report 49 Connecting Your Report to Its Data Source 50 Accessing database files directly 51 Connecting to ODBC data sources 51 Retrieving data with SQL 52 Reporting on data in OLE DB data sources 53 Which interface should you use? 53 Part II: Moving Up to Professional-Quality Reports 55 Chapter 5: Pulling Specific Data from a Database 57 Get Data Quickly with Select Expert 57 Using Formulas to Retrieve Data 64 Using Parameter Fields to Retrieve Data at Runtime 66 Step 1: Creating a report that shows everything 67 Step 2: Giving the user the power to decide what to show 70 Speed retrievals with indexes 72 Changing parameter values to change the report 72 Troubleshooting Tips When Retrieving Data 73 Chapter 6: Sorting, Grouping, and Totaling Report Data 75 Sorting Report Data 75 Sorting based on multiple fields 77 Sorting and performance 81 Adding Sort Controls to a Report 82 Grouping Related Items 85 Calculating Percentages 89 Drilling Down for Detail 90 Keeping Track of Things with Running Totals 94 Troubleshooting Sorting, Grouping, and Totaling Problems 97 Sorting problems and how to solve them 98 Unusual grouping options 98 Getting the right totals 99 Chapter 7: Mastering Report Sections 101 Changing the Size of a Section 101 Formatting with the Section Formatting Menu 103 Using Section Expert for Easy Section Formatting 104 Common tab, Section Expert 105 Paging tab, Section Expert 106 Color tab, Section Expert 107 Placing Groups Where You Want Them 110 Starting each group at the top of its own page 110 Printing totals at the bottom of a page 112 Restarting page numbering at the beginning of each group 113 Hiding Details with Summary and Drill-Down Reports 113 Generating Barcodes 114 Creating Mailing Labels 117 Saving Money on Postage with a ZIP Sort 120 Chapter 8: Enhancing Your Report’s Appearance 123 Absolute Formatting 124 Setting the fonts and their formatting for emphasis 124 Adding graphical elements for emphasis 128 Conditional Formatting Using the Format Editor 130 Creating Emphasis with Highlighting Expert 132 Adding Pictures to Your Report 134 Aligning Preprinted Forms 136 Adding Text from a File 136 Formatting Options 137 Special Fields Contain Report Metadata 139 Raising a Red Flag with Report Alerts 139 Using Report Templates to Save Time and Effort 142 Applying a template to a report 143 Applying a template to an existing report 143 Applying a template to a report you’re creating 145 Part III: Advanced Report Types and Features 147 Chapter 9: Displaying Your Top Ten (Or Top N) with Group Sort 149 Sorting Groups Based on Performance 149 Starting a Top N Report 150 Displaying a group total 154 Hiding the details 155 Removing page breaks 157 Going with the Percentages 160 What if you want the top 17 instead of the top 5? 161 A Choice of Group Sorts 164 Troubleshooting Group Sort Problems 165 Chapter 10: Adding Formulas to Reports 167 Formula Overview and Syntax 167 Lessening the Workload with Functions 168 Creating a Custom Function in Formula Workshop 169 Formula Editor 173 Formula Expert 175 SQL Expression Editor 177 Selection formulas 177 Formatting formulas 181 Changing and Deleting Formulas 182 Data Types 182 Simple data types 182 Range data types 184 Array data types 184 Variables in Formulas 185 Declaring a variable 185 Assigning a value to a variable 186 Control Structures 186 If-Then-Else 186 Select Case 187 For loop 187 While Do loop 188 Do While loop 189 Chapter 11: Creating Reports within a Report 191 Combining Unrelated Reports 191 Underlay formatting for side-by-side location of subreport 195 Drilling down in a subreport 196 Linking a Subreport to a Primary Report 197 On-Demand Subreports Boost Efficiency 203 Passing Data between Reports 204 Troubleshooting Subreport Problems 205 Chapter 12: Combining Report Elements with OLE 207 Overview of OLE 207 Static OLE Objects 208 Inserting a static OLE object into a report 208 Making a static OLE object editable 210 Embedded OLE Objects 212 Embedding an OLE object into a report 212 Linked OLE Objects 214 Embedding or Linking an Object Taken from a File 217 Integrating Shockwave Flash Objects into Your Reports 217 Chapter 13: Creating and Updating OLAP Reports 219 What’s OLAP, and Why Might You Need It? 219 Who uses OLAP? 220 Creating multidimensional views 220 Connecting to an OLAP data source 221 OLAP Reporting with Crystal Reports 221 Operating on OLAP grid objects 222 Creating a three-dimensional report 222 Updating an OLAP Report 232 Formatting Data in an OLAP Report 233 Changing a dimension’s background color 234 Creating an alias for a dimension 235 Formatting grid lines 236 Labeling dimensions 237 Changing Data Appearance in an OLAP Report 238 Showing and hiding dimensions 239 Adding totals to an OLAP grid 240 Pivoting an OLAP grid 240 Reordering fields 241 Sorting data 242 Filtering data 243 Making calculations 243 Chapter 14: Using Cross-Tab Reports to Mine Your Data 245 Creating a Cross-Tab Object to Summarize All Report Data 245 Summarizing the Contents of a Group with a Cross-Tab 249 Making Calculations within a Cross-Tab Row or Column 255 Enhancing the Appearance and Readability of a Cross-Tab Object 256 Changing the width and height of cross-tab cells 256 Formatting entire rows and columns 257 Formatting individual fields 257 Suppressing selected cross-tab data 258 Printing cross-tabs that span multiple pages 258 Chapter 15: Enhancing Reports with Charts 259 Using Chart Expert 259 Type tab 260 Data tab 260 Axes tab 261 Options tab 262 Color Highlight tab 263 Text tab 263 Creating a Chart 263 Drilling down from a chart 266 Changing a chart 267 Choosing the Best Chart Type for Your Data 267 Side-by-side bar chart 267 Percent bar chart 268 Line chart 268 Area chart 269 Pie chart 270 Doughnut chart 270 3-D riser chart 271 3-D surface chart 272 XY scatter chart 272 Radar chart 273 Bubble chart 273 Stock chart 274 Numeric axis chart 275 Gauge chart 276 Gantt chart 276 Funnel chart 277 Histogram 278 Different Chart Layouts for Different Data Types 278 Seeing How Chart Placement Affects the Data It Represents 280 Troubleshooting Chart Problems 281 Selecting data to make a chart readable and meaningful 281 The placement of chart elements matters 282 Chapter 16: Adding Geographic Detail with Maps 283 Choosing the Right Crystal Reports Map 283 Map layouts 284 Map types 284 Map placement 286 Creating a Map Step by Step 286 Creating an advanced layout map 286 Creating a Group layout map 288 Creating a Cross-Tab layout map 289 Creating an OLAP layout map 290 Including maps in subreports 291 Changing maps 291 Troubleshooting Map Problems 291 Chapter 17: Interactivity Features 293 Crystal Xcelsius Overview 293 Adding Xcelsius Capability to a Report 294 Creating an SWF file with Crystal Xcelsius 295 Embedding your Crystal Xcelsius model in a Crystal report 298 Enhancing a Report with the Tasteful Use of Flash 300 Viewing Flash visualizations 300 Dynamic interaction with a report using a Parameter panel 300 Part IV: Crystal Reports in the Enterprise 303 Chapter 18: Crystal Reports Server 305 Connecting to Data Sources 306 Connecting directly or indirectly 306 Using Business Views to simplify connectivity 306 Formatting Reports with Crystal Reports Developer 307 Providing Platform Services 307 Publishing and distributing reports 307 Providing security 308 Managing the system 308 Useful Management Tools 309 Application Services 309 Web Services 309 Viewing and Interacting with Reports 310 Chapter 19: BusinessObjects Enterprise Repository 311 Adding Folders to Your Repository 312 Storing Your Valuables in BusinessObjects Enterprise Repository 312 Adding text and bitmapped objects to the Repository 313 Adding custom functions to the Repository 313 Adding SQL commands to the Repository 314 Using Repository Objects in a Report 314 Adding text objects and images 314 Adding custom functions 315 Adding SQL commands 315 Modifying a Repository Object 315 Deciding Whether to Update Reports Automatically 317 Deleting Objects from the Repository 318 Chapter 20: Navigating with Report Parts 319 Understanding Report Parts Navigation 319 Using Report Parts to Navigate a Report 320 Using the Report Parts Drill-down method 321 Using the Another Report Object method 325 Part V: Publishing Your Reports 327 Chapter 21: Sending Your Reports Out into the World 329 Printing Your Report 329 Faxing a Report 330 Exporting a Report 331 Export format types 331 Export destinations 334 Troubleshooting Output Problems 342 Chapter 22: Displaying Reports Online 343 Exporting to a Static HTML Page 344 Adding a Hyperlink to a Report 346 Distributing Reports via crystalreports.com 349 Integrating with salesforce.com 350 Publishing to crystalreports.com with Crystal Reports Desktop Publisher 351 Interactive Report Viewing with Crystal Reports Viewer 354 Opening a report in Crystal Reports Viewer 355 Navigating a report 355 Printing a report 359 E-mailing reports to your friends and co-workers 360 Sharing reports in a variety of formats 360 Searching a haystack for that elusive needle 361 Accessing reports on crystalreports.com 361 Chapter 23: SQL Expression Fields 363 Creating an SQL Statement 363 Modifying an SQL Statement 366 Part VI: The Part of Tens 369 Chapter 24: Ten Things to Do Before You Create a Report 371 Chapter 25: Ten Ways to Give Your Reports More Pizzazz 375 Index 379

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Book SynopsisOffers readers instructions on using the Microsoft Office suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage. This title also reviews creating, editing, formatting, and sharing digital documents with Word; gathering and analyzing information with Excel; creating dynamic presentations with PowerPoint; and using the e-mail and calendar of Entourage.Table of ContentsAbout the Authors. Preface. Acknowledgments. Part I: Getting to Know Office 2008. Chapter 1: Introducing the New Office. Chapter 2: Installing Office 2008. Chapter 3: Office 2008 Program Basics. Chapter 4: Finding Help with Office 2008. Part II: Working with Word. Chapter 5: Word Basics. Chapter 6: Building Word Documents. Chapter 7: Formatting Word Text. Chapter 8: Adding Tables. Chapter 9: Editing Lengthy Documents. Chapter 10: Collaborating on Documents. Chapter 11: Proofing and Printing Documents. Part III: Using Excel. Chapter 12: Excel Basics. Chapter 13: Entering and Editing Data. Chapter 14: Formatting Data and Worksheets. Chapter 15: Using Formulas and Functions. Chapter 16: Creating Charts. Chapter 17: Using the Excel Database Tools. Chapter 18: Proofing, Printing, and Collaborating in Excel. Part IV: Presenting with PowerPoint. Chapter 19: PowerPoint Basics. Chapter 20: Building Presentations. Chapter 21: Formatting Slides. Chapter 22: Fine-tuning a Presentation. Chapter 23: Preparing and Presenting a Slide Show. Part V: Working with Entourage. Chapter 24: Entourage Basics. Chapter 25: E-mailing with Entourage. Chapter 26: Organizing Your Calendar. Chapter 27: Tracking Tasks, Notes, and Projects. Part VI: Organizing Digital Media with Expression Media. Chapter 28: Introducing Expression Media. Chapter 29: Working with Catalogs. Part VII: Working with Office Graphics and Web Features. Chapter 30: Adding Graphics. Chapter 31: Creating Web Content. Chapter 32: Using Microsoft Messenger. Part VIII: Coordinating and Customizing Your Office. Chapter 33: Coordinating Projects. Chapter 34: Customizing Office. Chapter 35: Working with AppleScript. Index.

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Book SynopsisSugarCRM is an innovative customer relationship management software solution that enhances your company's marketing effectiveness, drives sales performance, improves customer satisfaction, and provides executive insight into business performance.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Adding Sugar to Your Life. Chapter 1: Adding Sugar to Your Life. Chapter 2: Acquiring a Sweet Tooth. Chapter 3: Finding Your Way Around Sugar. Chapter 4: Working with Accounts, Contacts, and Leads. Part II: Cooking with Sugar. Chapter 5: Keeping Track of the Sweet Things in Life. Chapter 6: Creating a Project Isn’t a Major Project. Chapter 7: Working with Opportunities. Chapter 8: Working with Documents. Chapter 9: Watching Your Sugar Content. Part III: A Spoonful of Sugar Keeps Your Customers Happy. Chapter 10: Adding a Bit of Case Management. Chapter 11: Keeping Bugs Out of the Sugar Bowl. Part IV: Sharing the Sugar Bowl. Chapter 12: Adding Sugar to Your E-mail. Chapter 13: Campaigning Doesn’t Just Occur in an Election Year. Part V: Working with Extra-Strength Sugar. Chapter 14: Sweetening the Deal. Chapter 15: Adding an Extra Lump of Sugar. Chapter 16: The Administrator’s Recipe Book. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 17: Ten Reasons to Upgrade to the Professional or Enterprise Version. Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Make Your Life Even Sweeter. Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Become a Master Sugar Chef. Index.

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Book SynopsisLearn to measure and manage the real value of IT investment and spending IT investments are becoming more than just business enablers or assets on the books; they provide capability that can drive the business. Thought leadership should migrate towards information investment, getting a bigger bang for the buck from the ''I'' in IT and from the ''I'' in CIO. The IT Value Network: From IT Investment to Stakeholder Economic Value incorporates new emerging decision support methods, such as real options, which are considered to complement traditional financial measures. Organizational and informational economic based techniques are also incorporated to manage and assess IT investments, including the balanced scorecard (BSC), and investment and portfolio management; in addition to coverage of IT key performance indicators and competitive benchmarking. Selected as a top 10 best IT-Business book for 2009 by CIO Insight - Praises for The IT Value Network: From IT InvTable of ContentsForeword. Preface. Acknowledgments. PART I STATUS QUO—WHERE’S THE VALUE? CHAPTER 1 IT Investment. Sticker Shock. Six Decades of IT Investment. IT Investment Trends. IT Investment Classification: The Four "S" Category Model. Future IT Investment. CHAPTER 2 Conventional IT Valuation. Bottom Line. Maximizing Shareholder Value. Conventional Asset Valuation. Challenging Conventional Norms. Lost Value. CHAPTER 3 Banking Value. Financial Services Industry Global IT Investment. North American Banking Industry. North American Banking Market Challenges. Banking Industry IT Value Observations. NA Bank Case: IT Investment Observations. PART II TRIANGULATING THE VALUE—SOMEWHERE HERE. CHAPTER 4 IT Value Network Measurement. Identifying Investment. Justifying Investment. Prioritizing Investment. Selecting Investment. Performance of Investment. Realizing Value from Investment. CHAPTER 5 IT Value Network Measures: Financial-Based Methods. Traditional Financial and Accounting Techniques. Emerging Financial Techniques. Emerging Decision-Support Techniques. Value-Creation Business Case. CHAPTER 6 IT Value Network Measures: Organization-Based Methods. Conventional Planning Techniques. Emerging Organizational Management Techniques. Emerging Information Economics Techniques. CHAPTER 7 Triangulating IT Investment Value. Value Index and Value Lenses. IT Value Portfolio. PART III SIX DEGREES OF IT VALUE—THERE IT IS. CHAPTER 8 IT Value Network Management. Value Capture. Value Enabling. Value Optimization. Value Realization. CHAPTER 9 First Degree of IT Value. Value System. Process and System Improvement. CHAPTER 10 Second Degree of IT Value. Strategic Planning. Portfolio Governance. CHAPTER 11 Third Degree of IT Value. IT Systems and Infrastructure Capability and Capacity. Organization and People Capability and Capacity. CHAPTER 12 Fourth Degree of IT Value. Program and Project Management. System Management. CHAPTER 13 Fifth Degree of IT Value. Service Management. Information Management. CHAPTER 14 Sixth Degree of IT Value. Networked Value Management. PART IV IT VALUE NETWORK CLIENTS—DID IT, GOT IT. CHAPTER 15 NA Bank. Challenge: Strategic IT Investment Alignment. Solution: The IT Value Network. Impact: IT Investment Redirection for Higher Value Capture. CHAPTER 16 Nortel Networks. Challenge: Speed of Market Change. Solution: The IT Value Network. Impact: IT Reorganization and Improved Capability for Value Enabling. CHAPTER 17 Indigo Books & Music. Challenge: Project Management. Solution: The IT Value Network. Impact: Project Management Office for Value Optimization. CHAPTER 18 NA Credit Union. Challenge: Credit Union Merger. Solution: The IT Value Network. Impact: Successful Bank Integration for Value Realization. PART V EMERGING REALITY—DO IT, VALUE IT. CHAPTER 19 Forward Thinking. Value Networks. Value Systems. Value Options. Maximizing Stakeholder Economic Value. CHAPTER 20 Connecting the Dots. IT Value Network Maturity Model. IT Value Network Checklist. Collaboration for Network Advantage. Value IT. Glossary. Notes. About the Author. Index.

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Book SynopsisA great way to get started on this new, FREE, Web-based productivity and collaboration tool Zoho is a very cool-and free-alternative to Microsoft Office. Known as "cloud" computing because it's totally Web-based, Zoho provides 18 different applications to help you write documents, create spreadsheets, send e-mail, and much more.Table of ContentsNotations vii Acronyms ix Introduction xi Chapter 1. Uncertainty Representation Based on Set Theory 1 1.1. Basic set definitions: advantages and weaknesses 3 1.1.1. Interval set 5 1.1.2. Ellipsoidal set 7 1.1.3. Polyhedral set 9 1.1.4. Zonotopic set 12 1.2. Main properties of zonotopes 17 Chapter 2. Several Approaches on Zonotopic Guaranteed Set-Membership Estimation 27 2.1. Context 27 2.2. Problem formulation 32 2.2.1. Singular Value Decomposition-based method 35 2.2.2. Optimization-based methods 40 Chapter 3. Zonotopic Guaranteed State Estimation Based on P-Radius Minimization 49 3.1. Single-Output systems approach 49 3.2. Multi-Output systems approaches 63 3.2.1. General formulation 64 3.2.2. Extensions of the Single-Output systems methodology 67 3.2.3. Dedicated approach for Multi-Output systems 85 Chapter 4. Tube Model Predictive Control Based on Zonotopic Set-Membership Estimation 95 4.1. Context 954.2. Problem formulation 100 4.3. Tube-based output feedback Model Predictive Control design 100 4.4. Application on the magnetic levitation system 112 4.4.1. System description 113 4.4.2. Control problem 116 Conclusion and Perspectives 125 Appendix. Basic Matrix Operation Definitions 129 Bibliography 133 Index 149

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Book SynopsisDan Gookin gets you up to speed so you can get down to work withall the new features of Word 2010! Bestselling and quintessential For Dummies author DanGookin employs his usual fun and friendly candor while walking youthrough the spectrum of new features of Word 2010.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Your Introduction to Word 7 Chapter 1: Hello, Word! 9 Chapter 2: The Typing Chapter 21 Part II: Your Basic Word 31 Chapter 3: To and Fro in a Document 33 Chapter 4: Text Editing 41 Chapter 5: Search for This, Replace It with That 49 Chapter 6: Blocks o’ Text 63 Chapter 7: Spell It Write 77 Chapter 8: Documents and Such 89 Chapter 9: Publish Your Document 103 Part III: Formatting 117 Chapter 10: Character Formatting 119 Chapter 11: Paragraph Formatting 131 Chapter 12: Tab Formatting 145 Chapter 13: Page Formatting 161 Chapter 14: Document Formatting 173 Chapter 15: Word Formatting Styles 185 Chapter 16: Fun with Themes and Template Formatting 199 Chapter 17: Sundry Formatting 209 Part IV: Spruce Up a Dull Document 219 Chapter 18: Lines and Colors 221 Chapter 19: Able Tables 229 Chapter 20: Columns of Text 241 Chapter 21: Lots of Lists 249 Chapter 22: Here Come the Graphics 257 Chapter 23: Even More Things to Insert in Your Document 271 Part V: Even More Word 281 Chapter 24: Multiple Documents, Windows, and File Formats 283 Chapter 25: Word for Writers 291 Chapter 26: Let’s Work This Out 305 Chapter 27: Mail Merge Mania 315 Chapter 28: Labels of Love 331 Chapter 29: A More Custom Word 339 Part VI: The Part of Tens 347 Chapter 30: The Ten Commandments of Word 349 Chapter 31: Ten Cool Tricks 353 Chapter 32: Ten Bizarre Things 361 Chapter 33: Ten Avuncular Suggestions 367 Index 371

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Book SynopsisThe all-in-one reference to all aspects of Microsoft Access 2010 If you want to learn Microsoft Access inside and out, the nine minibooks in this easy-access reference are exactly what you need. Read the book cover to cover, or jump into any of the minibooks for the instruction and topics you need most. Learn how to connect Access to SQL Server, manipulate your data locally, use nifty new features from Office 2010 such as the enhanced Ribbon, create queries and macros like a champ, and much more. From the basics to advanced functions, it's what you need to make Access more accesssible. Shows you how to store, organize, view, analyze, and share data using Microsoft Access 2010, the database application included with Microsoft Office 2010 Includes nine minibooks that cover such topics as database design, tables, queries, forms, reports, macros, database administration, securing data, programming with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and using Access wTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Book I: Essential Concepts 7 Chapter 1: Introducing Access 2010 9 Chapter 2: Getting Started, Getting Around 17 Chapter 3: Designing Your Database the Relational Way 37 Book II: Tables for Storing Your Data 65 Chapter 1: Creating and Modifying Tables 67 Chapter 2: Refining Your Table in Design View 103 Chapter 3: Sorting, Finding, and Filtering Data in a Datasheet 121 Chapter 4: Importing and Exporting Data 137 Chapter 5: Avoiding “Garbage In, Garbage Out” 161 Chapter 6: Relating Your Tables and Protecting Your Data 179 Book III: Queries (or Getting Information from Your Data) 189 Chapter 1: Creating Select Queries 191 Chapter 2: Letting Queries Do the Math 223 Chapter 3: Doing Neat Things with Action Queries and Query Wizards 257 Chapter 4: Viewing Your Data from All Angles Using Crosstabs and PivotTables 279 Book IV: Forms for Editing Data 303 Chapter 1: Designing and Using Forms (and Reports) 305 Chapter 2: Jazzing Up Your Forms (and Reports) 329 Chapter 3: Creating Smarter Forms 353 Chapter 4: Doing Calculations in Forms and Subforms (and Reports) 377 Book V: Reporting in Words and Pictures 397 Chapter 1: Creating and Spiffing Up Reports 399 Chapter 2: Printing Beautiful Reports 427 Chapter 3: Creating Charts and Graphs from Your Data 445 Book VI: Automation with Macros 471 Chapter 1: Making Macros Do the Work 473 Chapter 2: Making Macros Smarter 491 Book VII: Database Administration 509 Chapter 1: Database Housekeeping 511 Chapter 2: Sharing the Fun: Managing Multiuser Access 521 Chapter 3: Securing Your Access Database 535 Book VIII: Programming in VBA 547 Chapter 1: What the Heck Is VBA? 549 Chapter 2: Writing Code 569 Chapter 3: Writing Smarter Code 593 Chapter 4: Controlling Forms with VBA 617 Chapter 5: Using SQL and Recordsets 641 Chapter 6: Debugging Your Code 653 Book IX: Going Beyond Access 663 Chapter 1: Automation with Other Office Programs 665 Chapter 2: Using Access as a Front-End to SQL Server 681 Chapter 3: Using Access with SharePoint 697 Appendix: Installing Microsoft Access 719 Index 725

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