The following is a data model for a simple grocery store.
The data model will represent the main
entities and their relationships in the grocery store. For simplicity, I'll focus on the essential
components of a grocery store.
Entities:
Product: This entity represents the items available for sale in the store. Each product will have
attributes such as:
Product ID (Primary Key)
Name
Description
Category (e.g., Dairy, Produce, Meat, Canned Goods, etc.)
Price
Quantity in stock
Supplier: This entity represents the suppliers or vendors who provide products to the store.
Attributes may include:
Supplier ID (Primary Key)
Name
Contact Information (e.g., phone, email)
Customer: This entity represents the store's customers. Attributes may include:
Customer ID (Primary Key)
Name
Contact Information
Purchase: This entity represents a purchase made by a customer. It will have attributes like:
Purchase ID (Primary Key)
Customer ID (Foreign Key referencing Customer entity)
Purchase Date
Total Amount
Purchase Items: This is a junction entity representing the individual items bought in each purchase.
It connects Purchase and Product entities and may have attributes like:
Purchase Item ID (Primary Key)
Purchase ID (Foreign Key referencing Purchase entity)
Product ID (Foreign Key referencing Product entity)
Quantity purchased
Subtotal (price * quantity)
Employee: If the store has employees, you can create an Employee entity with attributes like:
Employee ID (Primary Key)
Name
Position/Role
Contact Information
Inventory: This entity tracks the stock level of each product in the store. It can have attributes like:
Product ID (Foreign Key referencing Product entity)
Quantity in stock
The relationships between the tables are provided which is used for joining the tables:
Each product is supplied by one supplier, so there is a one-to-many relationship between Supplier
and Product.
Each purchase is made by one customer, so there is a one-to-many relationship between Customer
and Purchase.
Each purchase can include multiple products, and each product can be in multiple purchases, so
there is a many-to-many relationship between Purchase and Product, which is handled through the
Purchase Items junction entity.
Optionally, you can have a relationship between Employee and Purchase to track which employee
handled each purchase.
Relationships in summary:
Product - Supplier: One supplier can supply many products. (One-to-Many)
Customer - Purchase: One customer can make multiple purchases. (One-to-Many)
Purchase - PurchaseItems: One purchase can have multiple purchase items, and each purchase item
belongs to one purchase. (One-to-Many, Many-to-One)
Product - PurchaseItems: One product can be in multiple purchase items, and each purchase item
contains one product. (Many-to-Many)
Employee - Purchase: One employee can handle multiple purchases. (One-to-Many) [Optional]
