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Mapping data structures

US7620642B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

SAP AG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Zurek · Walldorf, DE
Stefan Dipper · Wiesloch, DE
Stefan Unnebrink · Neckargemünd, DE
Klaus Nagel · Heidelberg, DE
Erich Marschall · Schallstadt, DE
Franz Faerber · Walldorf, DE
Guenter Radestock · Karlsruhe, DE
Christian M. Bartholomae · Oftersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 13, 2005
Grant date	Nov 17, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99943
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A first data storage schema in which a characteristic in a first dimension table is mapped by a first table and a second table can be received and a second data storage schema can be received. The first table maps the characteristic to a first object that include attributes to which time information is irrelevant to data processing activities and the second maps the characteristic to a second object that includes attributes to which time information is relevant to data processing activities. The second data storage schema includes a fact table including at least some facts drawn from the first data storage schema and a second dimension table that includes at least some characteristics drawn from at least one of the first object and the second object.

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