Method for Intelligent Browsing in an Enterprise Data System
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1. A method for browsing measurement data comprising:
- storing a first plurality of data files in an enterprise system, wherein the first plurality of data files comprise measurement data and meta-data associated with the measurement data, wherein the meta-data describes characteristics of the measurement data;
creating an index according to the meta-data, wherein a plug-in associated with a file type of each data file is used to retrieve meta-data from each data file;
receiving user input for browsing at least one first data file of the first plurality of data files; and
retrieving and displaying meta-data from the index corresponding to the at least one first data file in response to the user input, wherein the at least one first data file is not opened during said retrieving and displaying.
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Abstract
A method and system is presented which provides a TDM framework for managing self-describing measurement data. The TDM framework provides applications with a central platform for accessing measurement data across an entire enterprise system. By means of individual plug-ins, which are specific to a given data file format, meta-data for each data store in the enterprise may be indexed in a unified manner. The unified indexing, in turn, provides the ability to browse and query the indexed measurement data without requiring the opening or reading from a source data file.
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1. A method for browsing measurement data comprising:
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storing a first plurality of data files in an enterprise system, wherein the first plurality of data files comprise measurement data and meta-data associated with the measurement data, wherein the meta-data describes characteristics of the measurement data;
creating an index according to the meta-data, wherein a plug-in associated with a file type of each data file is used to retrieve meta-data from each data file;
receiving user input for browsing at least one first data file of the first plurality of data files; and
retrieving and displaying meta-data from the index corresponding to the at least one first data file in response to the user input, wherein the at least one first data file is not opened during said retrieving and displaying. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer system comprising:
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a memory;
a processor; and
computer-readable code stored on said memory and processable by said processor, said computer-readable code including instructions for causing said processor to;
store a first plurality of data files in an enterprise system, wherein the first plurality of data files comprise measurement data and meta-data associated with the measurement data, wherein the meta-data describes characteristics of the measurement data;
create an index according to the meta-data, wherein a plug-in associated with a file type of each data file is used to retrieve meta-data from each data file;
receive user input for browsing at least one first data file of the first plurality of data files; and
retrieve and display meta-data from the index corresponding to the at least one first data file in response to the user input, wherein the at least one first data file is not opened during said retrieving and displaying. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A memory medium comprising program instructions executable to:
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store a first plurality of data files in an enterprise system, wherein the first plurality of data files comprise measurement data and meta-data associated with the measurement data, wherein the meta-data describes characteristics of the measurement data;
create an index according to the meta-data, wherein a plug-in associated with a file type of each data file is used to retrieve meta-data from each data file;
receive user input for browsing at least one first data file of the first plurality of data files; and
retrieve and display meta-data from the index corresponding to the at least one first data file in response to the user input, wherein the at least one first data file is not opened during said retrieving and displaying. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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