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Operational data vs. historical data? Thanks, Mark Mark D. Walter Senior Programmer/Analyst CCX, Inc. mwalter@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.ccxinc.com "Booth Martin" <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: cc: midrange-l-bounces@m Subject: Re: data, data, data idrange.com 09/07/2004 11:51 AM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Interactive data vs. archival data? --------------------------------- Booth Martin http://www.martinvt.com --------------------------------- -------Original Message------- From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Date: 09/07/04 10:05:56 To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: data, data, data Severe Labor Day weekend brain fade recovery moment... I am in the midst of documenting something for management consideration in a status meeting 3 hours from now. Please consider the following: <begin> Need to identify data that is analyzed (or has the potential to be) versus data that is only required to be archived. Square footage, job type, and inspection scores are examples of data that can be analyzed. Comments, photos, drawings, and signatures are examples of data that would not be analyzed and need only to be archived so that paper storage can be eliminated. It is important to remember that all elements that have at least the potential to be analyzed should be stored in a database file, even before the need for doing so is recognized. <end> The idea that I am attempting to convey to management types is that some information does not need to be kept in an online database file. There are some forms that are basically "comments only" that truly could be scanned for archival purposes, and no need (that I can see) for the comments to be typed into the system as data. Such a scanned form would need only some kind of "pointer" to an IFS file (or other archival platform) that would be stored in a database file. It's all data, but of what kind? tia, db -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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