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METADATA DRIVEN REPORTING AND EDITING OF DATABASES

  • US 20140012883A1
  • Filed: 09/05/2013
  • Published: 01/09/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. At a computer system including at least a processor and a memory, a method for providing enhanced data item reporting, the method comprising:

  • an act of receiving a data item request that identifies one or more data items to report;

    an act of accessing a relational data store to determine which information sets are to be used for reporting the requested data items;

    based on the determination, an act of accessing those information sets that are to be used for reporting the requested data items;

    an act of determining that metadata has been provided for at least one of the accessed information sets, the metadata including instructions at least partially indicating how the data items are to be reported; and

    an act of reporting the data items according to at least a portion of the instructions in the provided metadata, regardless of how the data items are to be reported using the existing information sets.

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