Standalone Users
These are those users whose job is basically to maintain personal databases by using a ready-made program package that provides easy-to-use menu-based or graphics-based interfaces, An example is the user of a tax package that basically stores a variety of personal financial data for tax purposes. These users become very proficient in using a specific software package.
Categories of End Users in DBMS
Pre-Requisite: Different Types of End Users
End users are basically those people whose jobs require access to the database for querying, updating, and generating reports. The database primarily exists for their use. There are several categories of end-users these are as follows.
- Casual End users
- Naive or Parametric End Users
- Application Programmers
- Sophisticated End Users
- Standalone Users
- Specialised Users