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From Spreadsheet to Database — Why Excel Breaks at 1M Rows

Migrate Helio Verde Beverages 1.4-million-row sales workbook into a relational schema.

9 rounds Executive English, Español

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About this simulation

Migrate Helio Verde Beverages 1.4-million-row sales workbook into a relational schema. Diagnose the four canonical Excel-at-scale failure modes (performance, concurrency, integrity, auditability), design a 3NF schema with referential integrity and proper indexes, write SQL for filtered aggregations and anti-joins, and pick the right architectural tier from Excel-only to a full modern data stack.

Who it is for

An advanced simulation for participants used to working with the main frameworks and trade-offs of the subject, designed for executive education and experienced professionals.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 9 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The simulation can be run in English, Español.
  4. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Select the best answer

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Information Systems.

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