MIS543 Portfolio Project – Option 2

Variables list – Northwind dataset

order_id: unique identifier for a sales order

customer_id: unique identifier of the customer who purchases the products in this order

employee_id: unique identifier of the employee who sold this order

territory_id: unique identifier of the geographic location where the customer is located

product_id: unique identifier of a product sold as part of this order

category_id: unique identifier of the category of the product sold as part of this order

unit_price: gross selling price for one item of the product sold as part of this order. Unit_price is
expressed as 99.99 dollars.

quantity: number of items of this product sold in this order. Quantity is expressed in whole numbers

discount: discount applied to the sale of this product for this order. The discount is expressed as a
percentage, e.g. 0.15 is 15%.

gross_sale: a derived column from unit_price * quantity

discount_amt: a derived column from gross_sale * discount

net_sale: a derived column from gross_sale – discount_amt