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Forests of dimension trees

  • US 8,914,418 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2008
  • Issued: 12/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving user input identifying a dimension tree of a plurality of dimension trees associated with a master database;

    presenting, in a user interface, the dimension tree to the user, the dimension tree including a core dimension indicating a purpose of the dimension tree, the user interface displaying a plurality of non-core dimensions characterizing the core dimension;

    receiving, via the user interface, user input identifying one of the plurality of non-core dimensions of the dimension tree, and presenting, via the user interface, a plurality of options to be performed with respect to the identified non-core dimension of the dimension tree;

    receiving a user selection of a link option from the plurality of options, the link request option to link the dimension tree to other dimensions trees of the plurality of dimension trees via the identified non-core dimension of the dimension tree;

    in response to the user selection of the link option, displaying, in the user interface, a list of available dimensions from the other dimension trees, the available dimensions comprising non-core dimensions from the other dimension trees; and

    receiving, via the user interface, a user selection of non-core dimensions from the list of available dimensions, wherein the master database does not define a relationship between the identified non-core dimension from the dimension tree and any of the selected non-core dimensions from the other dimension trees;

    creating, by a processing device, a list of linked non-core dimensions from the plurality of dimension trees using the identified non-core dimension from the dimension tree and the selected non-core dimensions from the other dimension trees, the list associating the linked non-core dimensions from the plurality of dimension trees with each other to combine the plurality of dimension trees into a forest of dimension trees;

    storing data identifying the linked non-core dimensions in a reporting database; and

    presenting, in the user interface, the forest of dimension trees based on associations between the linked non-core dimensions.

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