Cost Element Managing System
First Claim
1. A cost element managing system for managing a plurality of cost elements to be included in costs using a computer resource, the cost elements being categorized from highest to lowest-level concepts,wherein the cost elements are classified into primary to n-ary cost element groups in order from highest to lowest levels, such that the primary cost element group encompasses the highest-level concepts, and the n-ary cost element group encompasses the lowest-level concepts, and the cost elements classified into the primary to n-ary cost element groups are memorized in the system chronologically from past to present, andwherein the system is capable of constructing a plurality of hierarchically-structured databases based on the cost elements memorized from the past up to the present, such that the cost elements are systematically related to one another in order from the primary to the n-ary cost element group, and the system comprises:
- database generation means for generating, in real time, a hierarchically-structured database as of any given point in the past or at the present; and
database output means for outputting the generated hierarchically-structured database in real time.
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Abstract
A cost element managing system is provided, in which a hierarchically-structured database can be constructed based on cost elements, and the hierarchically-structured database as of any given point in the past or at the present can be generated and outputted in real time.
In a cost element managing system 10, cost elements classified into primary to n-ary cost element groups are memorized chronologically from the past to the present, and the cost elements memorized from the past to the present are used to construct a plurality of hierarchically-structured databases in which the cost elements are systematically related. The system 10 includes database generation means for generating, in real time, a hierarchically-structured database as of any given point in the past or at the present, and database output means for outputting the generated hierarchically-structured database in real time.
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1. A cost element managing system for managing a plurality of cost elements to be included in costs using a computer resource, the cost elements being categorized from highest to lowest-level concepts,
wherein the cost elements are classified into primary to n-ary cost element groups in order from highest to lowest levels, such that the primary cost element group encompasses the highest-level concepts, and the n-ary cost element group encompasses the lowest-level concepts, and the cost elements classified into the primary to n-ary cost element groups are memorized in the system chronologically from past to present, and wherein the system is capable of constructing a plurality of hierarchically-structured databases based on the cost elements memorized from the past up to the present, such that the cost elements are systematically related to one another in order from the primary to the n-ary cost element group, and the system comprises: - database generation means for generating, in real time, a hierarchically-structured database as of any given point in the past or at the present; and
database output means for outputting the generated hierarchically-structured database in real time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- database generation means for generating, in real time, a hierarchically-structured database as of any given point in the past or at the present; and
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