Data entry commentary and sheet reconstruction for multidimensional enterprise system
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving contribution data of an enterprise in accordance with a multi-level enterprise model;
storing the contribution data within a database, wherein the database comprises a multidimensional database comprising N dimensions, and wherein N is greater than two;
receiving a first annotation for a first object of the contribution data;
retrieving a first context definition defining a first context in which the first annotation was received, wherein the context corresponds to a particular cell of a sheet of the multidimensional database comprising full versions of two of the N dimensions and single values for each of the remaining N dimensions;
receiving a second annotation for a second object corresponding to a second context, the second object including the particular cell and being a higher-order object than the particular cell;
storing the first annotation, the second annotation, the first context definition, and the second context definition that defines the second context in which the second annotation was received; and
outputting, based on the first and second context definitions, the first annotation and the second annotation in a graphical user interface.
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Abstract
A computing device is described that includes a user interface to receive contribution data of an enterprise and to display a sheet of the contribution data, an annotation interface module to receive one or more annotations for objects of the contribution data, a planning application to retrieve a context definition defining a context in which each of the annotations was received, and an annotation table to store each of the annotations and the context definition corresponding to each of the annotations. The user interface may be configured to output the annotations. The computing device may improve the collaborative process of developing multidimensional data. Users of the computing device may quickly and easily share their thoughts, questions, and comments about the data through annotations. Recreating an annotated sheet may be done efficiently by storing relevant coordinates.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving contribution data of an enterprise in accordance with a multi-level enterprise model; storing the contribution data within a database, wherein the database comprises a multidimensional database comprising N dimensions, and wherein N is greater than two; receiving a first annotation for a first object of the contribution data; retrieving a first context definition defining a first context in which the first annotation was received, wherein the context corresponds to a particular cell of a sheet of the multidimensional database comprising full versions of two of the N dimensions and single values for each of the remaining N dimensions; receiving a second annotation for a second object corresponding to a second context, the second object including the particular cell and being a higher-order object than the particular cell; storing the first annotation, the second annotation, the first context definition, and the second context definition that defines the second context in which the second annotation was received; and outputting, based on the first and second context definitions, the first annotation and the second annotation in a graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A tangible computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing a programmable processor to:
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receive contribution data of an enterprise in accordance with a multi-level enterprise model; store the contribution data within a database, wherein the database comprises a multidimensional database comprising N dimensions, and wherein N is greater than two; receive a first annotation for a first object of the contribution data; retrieve a first context definition defining a first context in which the first annotation was received, wherein the context corresponds a particular cell of to a sheet of the multidimensional database comprising full versions of two of the N dimensions and single values for each of the remaining N dimensions; receive a second annotation for a second object corresonding to a second context, the second object including the particular cell and being a higher-order object than the particular cell; store the first annotation, the second annotation, the first context definition, and the second context definition that defines the second context in which the second annotation was received; and display, based on the first and seond context definitions, the first annotation and the second annotation to a user in a graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 16, 17)
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15. A method comprising:
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retrieving contribution data from an enterprise system, wherein the contribution data is arranged in N dimensions, and wherein N is greater than two; retrieving first and second annotations for first and second objects of the contribution data from the enterprise system; retrieving first and second context definitions defining first and second contexts in which the first and second annotations were entered, wherein the first context corresponds to a cell of a sheet representative of the contribution data, the sheet comprising full versions of two of the N dimensions and single values for each of the remaining N dimensions, the cell included in a higher-order object than the cell, the second context corresponding to the higher-order object; generating a link to at least one of the first or second context defined by the first or second context definitions; and outputting the link.
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18. A computing device comprising:
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a user interface to receive contribution data of an enterprise and to display a sheet of the contribution data, wherein the contribution data is arranged in N dimensions, wherein N is greater than two, and wherein the sheet comprises full versions of two of the N dimensions and single values for each of the remaining N dimensions; an annotation interface module to receive a first annotation for a first object of the contribution data and a second annotation for a second object; a planning application to retrieve a first context definition defining a first context in which the first annotation was received, wherein the context definition corresponds to a particular cell of the sheet of the contribution data; where the user interface receives a second annotation for a second object corresponding to a second context, the second object including the particular cell and being a higher-order object than the particular cell; and an annotation table to store the first annotation, the second annotation, the first context definition, and the second context definition, that defines the second context in which the second annotation was received; and wherein the user interface is configured to output, based on the fist and second context definitions, the first and second annotations. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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