Applications - Database Patterns

As you investigate a database further, you start to recognise characteristic patterns associated with the data.

Consider a database of product failures, accidents, medical test results or X-rays of welds on a structure.

Once sufficient data has been accumulated, a characteristic pattern will often be seen, with various histogram peaks and links being prominent.

By drawing the same Daisy Charts every day, week or other appropriate time period, similar patterns will indicate that performance is roughly the same. However, any new failure or fault, incorrect operation by a technician or batch of poor components will produce a distortion in the pattern. Further investigation of the database should provide early indication of the cause of the problem.

This is based on the 'Telephone Calls' example and shows the Daisy Chart for each day of the week.