To analyze database requirements, we must identify the end users' needs and tasks, as well as the functional processes and activities the database will perform. For example, a school moving from paper to digital registration identified key requirements - a pupil table storing name, date of birth and address, linked to a class table with subjects and teachers to more efficiently manage an increasing student population.

1. Database Analysis

2. 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 holding information
about subjects and teacher e.g. Class, Subjects, Tutor Teacher.