Discovering a reporting model from an existing reporting environment

US9582782B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Manish Anand Bhide · Hyderabad, IN
• Ajay Gupta · Savanuru, IN
• Mukesh K. Mohania · New Delhi, IN
• Sumit Negi · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 4, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 28, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 27, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0639
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Computer software is disclosed for discovering and representing a reporting model of an existing reporting environment. For each report in a plurality of reports, the software searches metadata of the report for descriptive information and dependencies on other reports. The software depicts, in a graphical representation, each report and relationships between the reports.