Devry BIAM410
Week 3 Lab: SQL SELECT Queries
Scenario
Adventure Works Cycles is a fictional company that manufactures metal and composite bicycles for sale to commercial distributors in North America, Europe, and Asia. Adventure Works is a multinational company headquartered in Bothell, WA. The firm recently acquired a manufacturing plant in Mexico that makes touring bicycles and subcomponents of other bicycles. The company is currently seeking to expand its market share by targeting high-volume customers, expanding availability of products on the Web, and lowering production costs.
Executives have requested some information to help them make strategic decisions to carry out this business plan. As a business analyst for Adventure Works Cycles, you will write SQL queries to retrieve the needed information from the corporate database, analyze this information, and make recommendations to management.
Deliverables
After completing the steps below, submit a single Microsoft Word file named LabWeek3xxx.docx (where xxx = your initials). This file will contain screenshots for six queries, including the SQL code, results, and analysis or recommendations for each query.
Products with high list prices
Shipping methods with low rates
Total sales by country
Average vacation hours by job title
Total sales by product
Year-to-date sales by salesperson
Section
Deliverable
Points
1
Query shows ProductID, Name, Color, and ListPrice fields for products with list prices greater than $3,000, in descending order by ListPrice. SQL code and query results are provided. Analysis and recommendations are reasonable and show good business judgment based on query results; and are written professionally with no grammar, spelling, or typographical errors.
12
2
Query shows ShipMethodID, Name, ShipBase, and ShipRate fields for shipping methods with shipping rates less than $1.50 in ascending order by ShipRate. Screenshot includes SQL code and results. Analysis and recommendations are reasonable and show good business judgments based on query results; and are written professionally with no grammar, spelling, or typographical errors.
12
3
Query shows CountryRegionCode and sum of SalesYTD for each country in descending order by sum of SalesYTD. Screenshot includes SQL code and results. Analysis and recommendations are reasonable and show good business judgments based on query results; and are written professionally with no grammar, spelling, or typographical errors.
12
4
Query shows JobTitle and average of VacationHours for each job title in descending order by average of VacationHours. Screenshot includes SQL code and results. Analysis and recommendations are reasonable and show good business judgments based on query results; and are written professionally with no grammar, spelling, or typographical errors.
12
5
Query shows ProductID, product Name and sum of LineTotal for each product in descending order by sum of LineTotal. Screenshot includes SQL code and results. Analysis and recommendations are reasonable and show good business judgments based on query results; and are written professionally with no grammar, spelling, or typographical errors.
16
6
Query shows BusinessEntityID, FirstName, LastName, and SalesYTD for each salesperson, in descending order by sum of SalesYTD. Screenshot includes SQL code and results. Analysis and recommendations are reasonable and show good business judgments based on query results; and are written professionally with no grammar, spelling, or typographical errors.
16
Total
A quality assignment will fulfill all criteria
80
