Victoria ephanor manages a small product distribution company. because the business is growing fast, ephanor recognizes that it is time to manage the vast information pool to guide the accelerating growth. ephanor, who is familiar with spreadsheet software, currently employs a sales force of four people. she asks you to develop a data warehouse application prototype that will enable her to study sales figures by year, region, salesperson, and product. (this prototype is to be used as the basis for a future data warehouse database.)

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