VIRTUALLY APPLYING MODIFICATIONS

• US 20090313218A1
• Filed: 06/13/2008
• Published: 12/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hampton, Mark Carl
• Granted Patent: US 8,108,419 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2453 Query optimisation

Abstract

A first data set having a first hierarchical structure is identified. A second data set that represents a modification of at least a portion of the first data set is also identified. A query is performed over at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set, thereby generating a query results set. A representation of at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set is provided, based upon, at least in part, the query results set.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying a first data set having a first hierarchical structure;

identifying a second data set, wherein the second data set represents a modification of at least a portion of the first data set;

performing a query over at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set, thereby generating a query results set; and

providing a representation of at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set, based upon, at least in part, the query results set.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second data set has a second hierarchical structure, at least a portion of the second hierarchical structure corresponding to at least a portion of the first hierarchical structure.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second data set further comprises a project identifier associated with at least one of the second data set and the second hierarchical structure.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein providing a representation of at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set comprises substituting at least a portion of the first data set with at least a portion of the second data set.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein performing the query over at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set comprises performing a query over at least one of at least a portion of the first hierarchical structure and at least a portion of the second hierarchical structure.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the second data set is included within at least a portion of the first hierarchical structure.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second data set further comprises a project identifier associated with the second data set.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein performing the query over at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set comprises performing a query over the first hierarchical structure.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein providing a representation of at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set comprises substituting at least a portion of the first data set with at least a portion of the second data set.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein substituting at least a portion of the first data set with at least a portion of the second data set comprises filtering at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set.

11. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

identifying a first data set having a first hierarchical structure;

identifying a second data set, wherein the second data set represents a modification of at least a portion of the first data set;

performing a query over at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set, thereby generating a query results set; and

providing a representation of at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set, based upon, at least in part, the query results set.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the second data set has a second hierarchical structure, at least a portion of the second hierarchical structure corresponding to at least a portion of the first hierarchical structure.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the second data set further comprises a project identifier associated with the second hierarchical structure.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the instructions for providing the representation of at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set comprise instructions for substituting at least a portion of the first data set with at least a portion of the second data set.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the instructions for performing the query over at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set comprise instructions for performing a query over at least a portion of the first hierarchical structure and at least a portion of the second hierarchical structure.

16. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the second data set is included within at least a portion of the first hierarchical structure.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the second data set comprises a project identifier associated with the second data set.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the instructions for performing the query over at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set comprise instructions for performing a query over the first hierarchical structure.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the instructions for providing the representation of at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set comprise instructions for substituting at least a portion of the first data set with at least a portion of the second data set.

20. A computing system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory architecture coupled with the at least one processor;

a first software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the first software module is configured to identify a first data set having a first hierarchical structure;

a second software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the second software module is configured to identifying a second data set, wherein the second data set represents a modification of at least a portion of the first data set;

a third software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the third software module is configured to perform a query over at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set, thereby generating a query results set; and

a fourth software module executed on the at least one processor and the at least one memory architecture, wherein the fourth software module is configured to provide a representation of at least a portion of the first data set and at least a portion of the second data set, based upon, at least in part, the query results set.