AUTOMATICALLY MOVING ANNOTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA BETWEEN LIVE DATACUBES
First Claim
1. A method for exporting data from a software system comprising:
- defining a link from a first software application to a second software application, wherein the link specifies a source area of a multidimensional database associated with the first software application and a target area of a multidimensional database associated with the second software application;
automatically copying multidimensional data from the source area to the target area in accordance with the link; and
automatically copying annotations associated with the multidimensional data from the source area to the target area in accordance with the link, wherein the annotations define at least text-based commentary associated with the multidimensional data.
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Abstract
Techniques are described for sharing multidimensional data and associated annotations between software systems. As described herein, the techniques provide mechanisms for defining inter-application “links” for automatically copying data and associated annotations among databases associated with the enterprise software systems. For example, a system may include a first database storing multidimensional data for a first software application, and a second database storing multidimensional data for a second software application. The system further includes an interface by which an administrator defines a link that specifies a source area of the first database and a target area of the second database. A link control module automatically moves multidimensional data and annotations associated with cells or cubes of the multidimensional data from the source area to the target area in accordance with the link.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for exporting data from a software system comprising:
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defining a link from a first software application to a second software application, wherein the link specifies a source area of a multidimensional database associated with the first software application and a target area of a multidimensional database associated with the second software application; automatically copying multidimensional data from the source area to the target area in accordance with the link; and automatically copying annotations associated with the multidimensional data from the source area to the target area in accordance with the link, wherein the annotations define at least text-based commentary associated with the multidimensional data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a first database storing multidimensional data for a first software application; a second database storing multidimensional data for a second software application; an interface to receive input that defines a link specifying a source area of the first database and a target area of the second database; and a link control module that automatically moves multidimensional data from the source area to the target area in accordance with the link and that automatically moves annotations associated with the multidimensional data from the source area to the target area in accordance with the link, wherein the annotations define at least text-based commentary associated with the multidimensional data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable medium comprising instruction that cause a programmable processor of a computing device to:
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present a user interface to receive input specifying; a source data cube, a source dimension of the source data cube, at least one item along the source dimension, a target data cube, a target dimension of the target data cube, and at least one target item of the target dimension; automatically move multidimensional data associated with the source items of the source data cube to the target items of the target data cube; and automatically move annotations associated with the multidimensional data from the source area to the target area in accordance with the link, wherein the annotations define at least text-based commentary associated with the multidimensional data. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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