Apparatus and method for delivering portions of reports

• US 20070130517A1
• Filed: 12/31/2002
• Published: 06/07/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Business Objects Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Business Objects (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Wu, Ju
• Granted Patent: US 7,949,937 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/209
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/345 Summarisation for human users

Abstract

A computer-readable medium includes a report parts viewer. The report parts viewer is configured to identify a first report object of a first plurality of report objects included in a first report. The report parts viewer is configured to facilitate display of the first report object absent each remaining report object included in the first report.

Claims

1-15. -15. (canceled)

16. A computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions to:

receive a request to view a produced report;

in response to said request, retrieve a specific portion of said produced report; and

deliver said specific portion of said produced report absent each remaining portion of said produced report.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein said specific portion of said produced report corresponds to one of a summary field, a detail field, a chart, a map, a bitmap, a crosstab, a text block, and a group name.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein said executable instructions to retrieve said specific portion of said produced report include executable instructions to identify said specific portion of said produced report among multiple portions of said produced report.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, further comprising executable instructions to:

receive a navigation request for said specific portion of said produced report;

in response to said navigation requests, retrieve a different portion of said produced report; and

deliver said different portion of said produced report absent each remaining portion of said produced report.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein said executable instructions to retrieve said different portion of said produced report include executable instructions to identify said different portion of said produced report based on a navigation link within said produced report.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein said produced report corresponds to a first produced report, and further comprising executable instructions to:

receive a navigation request for said specific portion of said first produced report;

in response to said navigation request, retrieve a specific portion of a second produced report; and

deliver said specific portion of said second produced report absent each remaining portion of said second produced report.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein said executable instructions to retrieve said specific portion of said second produced report include executable instructions to identify said specific portion of said second produced report based on a navigation link between said first produced report and said second produced report.

23. A computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions to:

in response to a first viewing request, identify a first portion of a first produced report;

deliver said first portion so as to allow selective display of said first portion;

in response to a second viewing request, identify a second portion of one of said first produced report and a second produced report; and

deliver said second portion so as to allow selective display of said second portion.

24. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein said first portion and said second portion correspond to different ones of a summary field, a detail field, a chart, a map, a bitmap, a crosstab, a text block, and a group name.

25. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein said executable instructions to identify said first portion include executable instructions to identify said first portion among multiple portions of said first produced report.

26. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein said executable instructions to deliver said first portion include executable instructions to deliver said first portion absent each remaining portion of said first produced report.

27. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein said executable instructions to identify said second portion include executable instructions to identify said second portion among multiple portions of said second produced report.

28. The computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein said executable instructions to identify said second portion include executable instructions to identify said second portion based on a navigation link between said first portion and said second portion.