1. CSCI 6838.1 Research Project and Seminar Team #1 11/13/2007

2. Team Information Mentor Team Members Faculty Advisor
Mr. Todd Guillory
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Kwok Bun Yue
Team Members
Amruta Mehendale (Team Leader)
Abhisheik Deo
Aiyaz Paniwala
Sanjeev Gowda

3. Customer Information Chevron Information Technology Corporation
Global Consulting & Applications Solutions/Data Access/Exploration Department
Information Technology Company (ITC) provides the Internet-enabled infrastructure to achieve Chevron's business and technology strategy
Contact Person:
Mr. Todd Guillory Software Engineer Chevron Information Technology Company Global Consulting & Applications Solutions (GCAS) Houston, Texas Tel

4. Table of Contents Topic Slide Number ………………………………………………5
Project Overview
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Application Features
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Use Case Diagram
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Architecture Diagram
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Class Diagrams
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Project Demo
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Implementation Issues
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Project Tasks
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Development Team
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Conclusion
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References
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5. Project Overview
Developed for Chevron Information Technology Corporation
The department deals with a huge data repository which is of different structures distributed across different data stores.
Integrate data from different sources and build a trusted dataset
The application deals with the scenario in which the customer may have to access data of different structures distributed across different data stores.

6. Application Features
The user will select the data source and will be prompted to provide the parameters depending on the type of data source selected
For flat files, Excel sheets and Access database, user will specify the location of the data source file
For flat files :
User has to specify the delimiter used in the file
By default data in a single line (i.e. separated by a new line) is considered to be a new row
User will have to specify whether the first row in the file is the column header

7. Application Features (contd)
For Access database :
All the tables in the selected database file will be displayed and the user can select one data table at a time as the data source and the user can view the data present in that table
The primary key of the selected table would be displayed to the user

8. Application Feature (contd)
For Excel file :
All the worksheets in the Excel file are displayed and the user can select one of the worksheets as the data source and the user can view the data present in that worksheet
User will have to specify whether the first row in the file is the column header

9. Application Features (contd)
Select Rows:
The user can select rows from the various data sources
Check/Uncheck open data sources for preview
Preview the selected rows
Clear the selected rows from specific table or all tables
Delete unwanted rows present in the preview
Export the finalized selection to a desired Excel file

10. Use Case Diagram

11. Architecture Diagram Client GUI Data Base Logic Database User Forms
Data Base Connector
Database

12. Class Diagram for Project

13. Class Diagram for UI

14. Project Demo

15. Implementation Issues
Exporting the data to Access
Limitation of Access does not allow an alternative
Exporting data to an Excel file
Write the data as XML and save it to an Excel file

16. Project Tasks Completed by Team
Selecting data from MS Access 2003, MS Excel 2003 and Flat File.
Selecting multiple rows from each of the individual data sources Performing Join operation
Clear Selection

17. Project Tasks Completed by Team (contd)
Export data to an Excel sheet
On clicking ‘Export data preview’ allow the user to check/uncheck selected tables
Show the preview of the selected rows
Delete unwanted rows from the preview

18. Future Enhancements
Support for data sources with mismatching data structure
Displaying visual cues for matching rows
Performing Join operation
Resolving conflicts of duplicate rows before exporting the resolved data
Add paging mechanism to data grids

19. Development Team Role Team Member(s) Team Leader Amruta Mehendale
Research and Design
All
Webmaster
Aiyaz Paniwala
Testing and Debugging
Developers
- Front End Logic
Amruta Mehendale, Aiyaz Paniwala
- Back End Logic
Abhisheik Deo, Sanjeev Gowda
Documentation

20. Conclusion
Discussed the various application features required by the user
The project design has been covered
Project demo was given

21. References Chevron Information Technology Corporation:
MSDN forums