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Determining an intersection between keys defining multi-dimensional value ranges

US10417216B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SAP SE · DE

Inventors

Christopher Schildt · Walldorf, DE
Cornelia Kinder · Walldorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 2015
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/24556
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Key values can be defined at design time (e.g. in a DTTI object) using character strings that include wildcard characters that define multi-dimensional key ranges. Wildcard characters can designate that a single variable character is to be inserted or that a range from zero to multiple characters can be inserted. The use of wildcards can make checks for key intersection non-trivial. During run time, the key values to be accessed from one or more tables are evaluated, and the operation proceeds. An error can occur if the presence of one or more wildcards in two key value strings used in an aggregation operation result in an overlap such that a same record is included more than once.

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