Data warehouse model and methodology
First Claim
1. A business model for use in a data warehouse system adaptable for multiple organizations, the business model comprising:
- a set of dimensions representing business reference aspects of the multiple organizations, a subset of the set of dimensions representing the business reference aspects of a particular organization;
a set of measures representing measurements of business activity aspects of the multiple organizations, a subset of the set of measures representing the business activity aspects of the specific organization; and
relationships between the set of dimensions and measures, the relationships allowing for functional areas of analysis to use common dimensions for cross-functional analysis.
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Abstract
A business model for use in a data warehouse system adaptable for multiple organizations is provided. The business model comprises a set of dimensions representing business reference aspects of the multiple organizations, a set of measures representing measurements of business activity aspects of the multiple organizations, and relationships between the set of dimensions and measures. A subset of the set of measures represents the business activity aspects of the specific organization. A subset of the set of dimensions represents the business aspects of a particular organization. The relationships allow for functional areas of analysis to use common dimensions for cross-functional analysis.
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35 Claims
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1. A business model for use in a data warehouse system adaptable for multiple organizations, the business model comprising:
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a set of dimensions representing business reference aspects of the multiple organizations, a subset of the set of dimensions representing the business reference aspects of a particular organization;
a set of measures representing measurements of business activity aspects of the multiple organizations, a subset of the set of measures representing the business activity aspects of the specific organization; and
relationships between the set of dimensions and measures, the relationships allowing for functional areas of analysis to use common dimensions for cross-functional analysis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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17. A method for creating a business model for use in a data warehouse system adaptable for multiple organizations, the method comprising steps of:
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merging business questions of the multiple organizations into areas of analysis; and
decomposing the areas of analysis into;
a set of dimensions representing business reference aspects of the multiple organizations, a subset of the set of dimensions representing the business reference aspects of a particular organization; and
a set of measures representing measurements of business activity aspects of the multiple organizations, a subset of the set of measures representing the measurements of business activity aspects of the specific organization; and
determining relationships between the set of dimensions and set of measures, the relationships allowing for functional areas of analysis to use common dimensions for cross-functional analysis.
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18. A method for creating a data warehouse system for managing the performance of an organization, the data warehouse system adaptable for multiple organizations, the method comprising steps of:
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creating a business model of organizations, the business model for answering business questions of the multiple organizations;
implementing the business model in a data model, the data model having placeholders settable such that the model represents a particular organization; and
implementing configurable aspects of the data model in a configuration unit for setting the placeholders in the data model to the particular organization.
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31. A dimensional framework for use as a foundation of a data warehouse system adaptable for multiple organizations, the dimensional framework comprising a set of dimensions of the multiple organizations, the dimensions representing business reference aspects of the multiple organizations, a subset of the dimensions representing the business reference aspects of a particular organization.
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32. A method for creating a dimensional framework for use as a foundation of a data warehouse system adaptable for multiple organizations, the method comprising steps of:
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collecting common dimensions of the multiple organizations, the dimensions representing the business reference aspects of the multiple organizations;
implementing the common dimensions into a dimensional framework data model, the dimensional framework data model having placeholders settable such that the dimensional framework represents a particular organization; and
implementing configurable aspects of the dimensional framework data model in a configuration unit for setting the placeholders in the dimensional framework to the particular organization. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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34. A computer program product for use in the execution in a computer of a data warehouse system adaptable for multiple organizations, the data warehouse system for managing performance of a particular organization, the data warehouse system comprising:
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a set of dimensions representing business reference aspects of the multiple organizations, a subset of the set of dimensions representing the business reference aspects of a particular organization;
a set of measures representing measurements of business activity aspects of the multiple organizations, a subset of the set of measures representing the business activity aspects of the specific organization; and
relationships between the set of dimensions and measures, the relationships allowing for functional areas of analysis to use common dimensions for cross-functional analysis.
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35. A computer program product for use in the execution in a computer of a dimensional framework for use as a foundation of a data warehouse system adaptable for multiple organizations adaptable for multiple organizations, the dimensional framework comprising a set of dimensions of the multiple organizations, the dimensions representing business reference aspects of the multiple organizations, a subset of the dimensions representing the business reference aspects of a particular organization.
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