3. General Description
Art gallery offers work of artists to be sold on
commission basis
It offers work of 100 artists and sells almost 1ooo pieces
each year
About 5000 customers have purchased pieces from
gallery
Staff consists of gallery owner, Alan Hughes, and four
sales associatives
4. Basic Operation
o When an artist wishes to sell one or more works, he or
she contacts the gallery.
o The owner visits the artist’s studio and selects the
works to be sold through the gallery
o Working with the artist to set an asking price for each
piece
o The gallery splits the commission with salesperson
who makes the sale
o Gallery promotes the works through advertisement
such as newspaper and other media
5. Information needs
All data relating to artists, unsold works, sales and
customers is kept in separate files
Unsold work:
Artist :
Title Artist Type Medium Style Size Asking
price
Date of
show
Name Address Cell SocSec
No
Usual
type
Usual
medium
Sale last
year
Sales
YTD
7. Database report
Active Artist : Lists data about each artist,
including artist’s name , address , phone , usual
type , usual Medium , usual style , last year sale ,
this year sale
Collector Owner : list data about each owner ,
including(Owner name , address , phone , last
year sale , this year sale )
Works for Sale : list data about each work
including title , artist , type , medium , style ,
owner name , asking price , date of showing
8. Database report
Sales this Week : list data about all sales of
works during current week it shows selling price,
title, artist, owner, customer name, customer
address, date of sale
Customer : show customer name, address ,
phone No, dollar amount of last year’s purchase,
dollar amount of this year’s purchase
Customer receipt : sale date, name, address,
title, artist, type, medium, style, size, selling
price, salesperson
9. Database report
Payment : owner’s name, owner’s address, artist
name, owner social security no, title, type,
medium, style, size, salesperson, selling price
Preferred Customer report: artist, title, type,
medium, style. For each person who might be
interested in the work. Customer name , customer
address , preferred artist, preferred type, preferred
media
10. Database report
Artist report : name, artist address, title, type,
medium, style, asking price, selling price, date sold
Owner’s report :owner’s name, address, it lists
artist name, title, type, medium, style, asking
price, selling price, date sold
Sales performance report : list report starting
date, list report ending date, salesperson, total
sales, for each work sold by that person, it shows
title, artist, asking price, selling price
