XANALYS Link Explorer Professional Training Course

Target Audience
This course has been developed for IT or Analyst Practitioners who are Administrators or experienced users of XANALYS Link Explorer. Essentially, the course is about class editing using XANALYS Link Explorer Pro.

It is suitable for competent users of XANALYS Link Explorer who want to learn more about:

• The 'analysis context'; stages of the XANALYS Link Explorer analysis process.
• Data modeling techniques for using XANALYS Link Explorer with legacy database systems.
• The representation of data to support modes of enquiry.
• Data presentation styles.

Course Content

The course comprises the following units:

• Introduction to XANALYS Link Explorer Pro
• Preparing the Existing Database
• Setting Up the Template's Physical Model
• Building the Basic Logical Model
• Linking the Logical Model's Objects
• Configuring XANALYS Link Explorer's Data Representation
• Using Advanced Presentation Options

Pre-requisites
The course has been developed for those who are already familiar with:

• Data modeling; for example, use of Entity-Relationship (E-R) diagrams
• The functionality of XANALYS Link Explorer Standard; the use of templates and workfiles, creating simple and complex object classes.
• Relational Database (RDBS) concepts, and the basic functionality of an RDBS application such as Access or Oracle.

Duration
The course is scheduled to cover two days. It is classroom based, with practical activities throughout.

Objectives
This course guides XANALYS Link Explorer Pro Administrators through the template design process. It shows how to set up physical and logical models for XANALYS Link Explorer that allow Link Explorer users to query the database and produce effective charts.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Compare XANALYS Link Explorer template concepts with database schema concepts.
• Analyze existing database physical models and create corresponding physical models in XANALYS Link Explorer.
• Plan and create the classes that make up the logical (or query) model in XANALYS Link Explorer, based on the external database's logical model.
• Design relationships in XANALYS Link Explorer that illustrate links between classes of information.
• Configure XANALYS Link Explorer classes for display in various XANALYS Link Explorer charts.
• Use XANALYS Link Explorer's advanced presentation options, to enable more detailed display and effective use by the end users.
  

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