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Transformation of versions of reports

  • US 7,873,902 B2
  • Filed: 04/19/2007
  • Issued: 01/18/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of transforming a report from a first version to a second version comprising:

  • exporting existing report objects in an existing first version report into XML format to a transformation tool;

    in the transformation tool,detecting mini-patterns within the existing first version report wherein detecting mini-patterns further comprises examining parent-child relationships within the report and comparing the parent-child relationship to known parent-child relationships to determine if the parent-child relationship is similar to a known parent-child relationship if there is a match, the type of the report is determined based on the type of the report having the known parent-child relationship;

    tabularizing controls from the existing first version report;

    transforming parts of the existing first version report comprising;

    building an in-memory object model for parts of the existing first version report; and

    serializing the in-memory object model into a report definition language client (RDLC) file in XML format.

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