At the analysis stage of database design, end user requirements and functional requirements must be identified. End user requirements involve the tasks users expect to perform with the database. Functional requirements specify the processes, activities, and information the database needs to carry out tasks. For example, a school moving from paper registers to a database would need tables to store basic pupil information linked to a table with subjects, classes, and teachers.

1. Database Analysis

2. At the Analysis Stage:
We need to identify the following before we start designing a database:
 End User Requirements
 The tasks that the end user expects to be able to do using the database.
 Functional Requirements
 The processes and activities the database needs to preform
 The information the database will hold to carry out tasks

3. Functional Requirements Example:
The school have been using paper registers in the office and as the number
of pupils in the school are increasing, the office decided they want to use a
database to store information.
The functional requirements for the database would be the following:
 A pupil table holding basic pupil information e.g. Name, DOB and
address.
 This table would be linked to another table which holds information
about subjects and teacher e.g. Class, Subjects, Tutor Teacher.