Patent · US Expired

Data cleansing

US7219104B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15References

24Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Lang · Munich, DE
Willi Alexander Rausch · Gondelsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 29, 2002
Grant date	May 15, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 26, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99953
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Data cleansing of a data management system involves merging two data objects by copying one or more attribute values associated with one a source object to a target data object and reassigning any instances that refer to the source object to the target object. The source object may be deleted. A user interface is developed that allows a user to select from a list of possible source objects and target objects, view attribute values for an object, view dependent relationships as dependency trees, indicate any attribute values that should be copied and any referring objects that should be reassigned to the target instance.

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