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Drilling on elements in arbitrary ad-hoc reports

US8024650B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2006
Grant dateSep 20, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/2465
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Mechanisms are provided for drilling on data elements in arbitrary ad-hoc reports. Data elements in one ad-hoc report can be examined and then drilled on, in order to obtain other related data elements in other ad-hoc reports. Thus, in one exemplary aspect of the disclosure, when a user selects a data element in an ad-hoc report, another ad-hoc report is generated containing data elements that are obtained as a result of taking into account 1) the original query associated with data element in the ad-hoc report; 2) the context of the selection in the ad-hoc report, and 3) the granularity of the resulting query associated with the resulting ad-hoc report.

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