MULTIDIMENSIONAL FORECASTING
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1. A method comprising:
- accessing a database to select a set of data objects each of which has a date field that contains a date that falls within a predefined time period;
summing data contained in a first field of each of the set of data objects thereby generating a first total;
summing the data contained in the first field of each of a first subset of the set of data objects thereby generating a first subset total;
displaying a user interface on a monitor of a computer system, wherein the user interface, when displayed, comprises graphical representations of the first total and the first subset total.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for multidimensional forecasting. In one embodiment of the method a database is accessed to select a set of data objects each of which has a date field that contains a date that falls within a predefined time period. The data contained in a first field of each of the set of data objects is summed thereby generating a first total. The data contained in the first field of each of a first subset of the set of data objects is summed thereby generating a first subset total. A user interface is then displayed on a monitor of a computer system, wherein the user interface, when displayed, comprises graphical representations of the first total and the first subset total.
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1. A method comprising:
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accessing a database to select a set of data objects each of which has a date field that contains a date that falls within a predefined time period; summing data contained in a first field of each of the set of data objects thereby generating a first total; summing the data contained in the first field of each of a first subset of the set of data objects thereby generating a first subset total; displaying a user interface on a monitor of a computer system, wherein the user interface, when displayed, comprises graphical representations of the first total and the first subset total. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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11. A computer readable medium storing instructions, wherein a method is implemented when the instructions are executed, method comprising:
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accessing a database to select a set of data objects each of which has a date field that contains a date that falls within a predefined time period; summing data contained in a first field of each of the set of data objects thereby generating a first total; summing the data contained in the first field of each of a first subset of the set of data objects thereby generating a first subset total.
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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a first circuit for accessing a database to select a set of data objects each of which has a date field that contains a date that falls within a predefined time period; a second circuit for summing data contained in a first field of each of the set of data objects thereby generating a first total; a third circuit for summing the data contained in the first field of each of a first subset of the set of data objects thereby generating a first subset total; a monitor for displaying a user interface on a monitor of a computer system, wherein the user interface, when displayed, comprises graphical representations of the first total and the first subset total.
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