Techniques to manage information for dynamic reports using time periods for a business model

US8239248B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Patrick J. Baumgartner · Kirkland, US
• Alisson A. S. Sol · Cambridge, GB
• Peter Eberhardy · Seattle, US
• Luming Wang · Bellevue, US
• Mark Yang · Sammamish, US
• Amer Shahnawaz · Santa Monica, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 7, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0631
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques to manage information for dynamic reports are described. An apparatus may comprise a business planning application module to update a current period reference to a time member of a time dimension, generate a rolling data entry form with actual data members and forecast data members based on the current period reference, and set a data locking mode for the actual data members and a data access mode for the forecast data members. Other embodiments are described and claimed.