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Generating free form reports within a data array

  • US 20060271841A1
  • Filed: 05/31/2005
  • Published: 11/30/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of generating a free form report within a data array having rows and columns providing a first axis and a second axis, comprising:

  • receiving a selection of at least one first dimension member that is of at least one data source and that is for the first axis;

    receiving a location within the data array for a first dimension member header for the selected first dimension member;

    in response to the selection of the first dimension member, generating a first dimension member formula that is representative of the first dimension member header and that includes a first dimension member identifier that relates to the at least one data source;

    receiving a selection of a second dimension member that is of the at least one data source and that is for the second axis;

    receiving a location within the data array for a second dimension member header for the selected second dimension member; and

    in response to the selection of the second dimension member, generating a second dimension member formula that is representative of the second dimension member header and that includes a second dimension member identifier that relates to the at least one data source;

    in response to generating the first dimension member formula and the second dimension member formula, generating a value formula that represents a value to be displayed for an intersection of the row and column where the first and second member dimension headers are located, and the value formula references the first dimension member identifier and the second dimension member identifier for the intersection to which the value formula corresponds.

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