METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PREPARE REPORT REQUESTS
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1. A computer implemented method to modify a report specification, comprising:
- receiving a request to generate a report, the request associated with selection criteria;
receiving a report specification associated with the selection criteria;
parsing the report specification to identify a report directive;
querying a report directive library to retrieve instructions associated with the identified report directive;
executing the retrieved instructions to modify the report specification based on the selection criteria; and
generating an output including the modified report specification.
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Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to prepare report requests are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a request to generate a report, the request associated with selection criteria, receiving a report specification associated with the selection criteria, and parsing the report specification to identify a report directive. The example method also includes querying a report directive library to retrieve instructions associated with the identified report directive, executing the retrieved instructions to modify the report specification based on the selection criteria, and generating an output including the modified report specification.
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1. A computer implemented method to modify a report specification, comprising:
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receiving a request to generate a report, the request associated with selection criteria; receiving a report specification associated with the selection criteria; parsing the report specification to identify a report directive; querying a report directive library to retrieve instructions associated with the identified report directive; executing the retrieved instructions to modify the report specification based on the selection criteria; and generating an output including the modified report specification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. (canceled)
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16. A computer implemented method to modify a report specification, comprising:
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selecting a report specification associated with a first data source; defining a first report directive to be compliant with a communication syntax associated with the first data source; appending an extensible markup language (XML) tag to the report specification to form a modified report specification, the XML tag to invoke the first report directive; and generating an output of the modified report specification. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. An apparatus to modify a data source report specification, comprising:
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a portal to receive a request to generate a report; a context service interface to receive selection criteria associated with the request to generate the report; a report specification repository to store a plurality of report specifications, the context service interface to retrieve a report specification from the plurality of report specifications from the report specification repository; a nonnative report engine to parse the report specification for a report directive; and a report directive processor to execute the report directive, the report directive to modify the report based on the received selection criteria. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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