Business Database Technology Scenario

The focus of this project is to design a database program for a company called Home Sweet Home that specializes in the management of properties on behalf of owners. The company offers a complete rental service for customers willing to rent furnished properties. The services delivered by the Home Sweet Home include advertising of properties in then local and national press. The company also carries out the interview and organize visit to prospective renters as well as negotiating the lease agreement. Once a customer rent a property, the company assumes the responsibilities of carrying out the regular property inspection.

Entities are the object used to track the database, and each entity is stored in the database. The entity assists in designing the ERD (entity relation diagram). This paper identifies the entities that need to be used in the database design for the Home Sweet Home. The principal entities needed in the design of ERD (entity relation diagram) are as follows:

Entities

Branch office: The Company has branch offices scattered across the United States.

Staff: The company staff is in charge of day-to-day administration of the company.

Staff next of Kin: The person very close to a member of staff.

Property for rent: The properties that the company offers to customers.

Property...

The attributes are the column in the database table that tracks individual fields. The attributes of the database Home Sweet Home are as follows:
Entity

Attribute

Branch offices

Branch number

Address:

street, area, city,

Telephone number

Fax number

Staff

Staff number,

First name

Last name

Address:

street, area, city,

Telephone number,

Gender,

Date of birth,

Social Security Number (SSN),

Job title (position),

Salary,

Date joined the company.

Staff next of Kin

Next-of-kin's…