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System for managing accounting information in a multi-dimensional database

  • US 6,397,195 B1
  • Filed: 06/03/1998
  • Issued: 05/28/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1997
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a computer system to manage accounting information of entities having different fiscal calendars, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving in said computer system a user input requesting consolidated accounting information for at least two entities that maintain separate accounting data according to respective calendars;

    mapping calendar information of said entities to a base calendar maintained in said computer system; and

    using calendar elements from said base calendar instead of calendar elements from the entity calendars to recover accounting information from the entities'"'"' separate and respective accounting data, for a specified time period, to provide said requested consolidated accounting information for the entities.

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