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Metamodel-based automatic report generation

  • US 8,479,093 B2
  • Filed: 03/01/2007
  • Issued: 07/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, implemented by a computing system, the method comprising:

  • displaying, on a graphical user interface display, a set of dataset icons, each dataset icon corresponding to a different dataset;

    displaying, on the graphical user interface display, a set of design icons, each design icon corresponding to a different report design;

    generating a report dataset metamodel by receiving a drag and drop input, on the graphical user interface display, visually associating a given dataset icon with a given design icon, the report dataset metamodel representing a given report layout type design that results from applying the report design corresponding to the given design icon to the dataset corresponding to the given dataset icon;

    automatically applying style properties, from a report style template metamodel associated with the report design corresponding to the given design icon, to the given report layout design represented by the report dataset metamodel, to obtain a report metamodel that includes an abstract definition of a production report;

    processing the report metamodel into a physical report definition schema; and

    displaying the production report based on the physical report definition schema.

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