Real-World Use Cases
📚 Welcome to the comprehensive guide for automating SPC’s fisheries data management processes. This book outlines a modern approach to handling operational logbook fisheries data, moving from manual Excel processing to an automated, database-driven solution.
Project Overview
🎯 Each year SPC receives operational logbook fisheries data from distant water fishing nations, in various Excel formats. Describe a simple system for automating data reception, loading, checking, and consolidating into an SQL Server database – as an alternative to emailing Excel files and manual formatting/loading. This presentation is aimed at data management staff as a proposal for a new way of doing things, to improve efficiency. Please provide enough detail to understand the proposed process and anticipated benefits, but not all of the technical details required for implementation.
Key Objectives
How to Use This Book
📖 This book follows the CRISP-DM methodology while addressing specific needs of fisheries data management:
🔍 Each chapter corresponds to a CRISP-DM phase:
💡 Practical examples and implementation details are provided in each chapter:
🔧 Technical content is balanced with user-friendly explanations throughout all chapters
📊 Interactive elements enhance understanding with:
- Mermaid diagrams
- R code examples
- Interactive visualizations
📈 Clear progression from concept to implementation:
- Start with the Introduction
- Follow the implementation guide in Chapter 6
- Reference the Technical Documentation as needed