Business Objects Software Limited

Sap Se

Saeed Jahankhani

Alexander MacAulay

Flavia Silvana Moser

Justin Wong

David Mosimann

Ali Moosavi

Sybil Shim

Steve Norton

Ahmet Yoldemir

Charles Wilson

Paul Van Der Eerden

Guanjie Zhao

Shariq Aziz

Daniel Georges

A question library aids in intuitive analysis of stored data. The question library comprises: 1) a plurality of text questions, 2) a numerical representation (e.g., a vector) of each text question, and 3) a corresponding query in a query language. A numerical vector is generated for a question posed to a database. If a matching library question (based upon vector similarity) is not found, the user receives the original answer. If a matching library question based upon vector similarity is found, the user receives the answer to that library question (with potential modifications). Embodiments may determine similarity by calculating Pearson's coefficient, Spearman's rho, or Kendall's tau. Embodiments may parse the first query to identify constituent elements (measures, dimensions, filters). These entities are extracted and compared to elements of the second question matched within the library, to allow modification of the library query to align with the initial query.

Question library for data analytics interface

A system includes reception of an input string of words, determination, for each subset of consecutive one or more words in the input string, of one or more phrase types based on the subset, on a dictionary describing a plurality of entities, each of the plurality of entities associated with an entity type, and on a grammar describing a plurality of phrase types, each of the plurality of phrase types associated with one or more conditions, and determination of a plurality of candidate queries based on the determined phrase types.

Natural language query system

Some embodiments provide a program that receives from a client device a dimension value for a first dimension in a plurality of dimensions of a data model and a measure in a set of measures of the data model. The program further determines a cardinality of dimension values for each dimension in the plurality of dimensions. The program also selects a subset of dimensions in the plurality of dimensions based on the cardinalities of dimension values for the plurality of dimensions. The program further sends the subset of dimensions in the plurality of dimensions to the client device. The program also receives from the client device a request for a chart visualization comprising data values associated with the measure and categorized according to a second dimension in the subset of dimensions. In response to the request, the program further sends the chart visualization to the client device.

Data insights for visualizations based on dimensions

Examples of auto-monitoring and adjusting dynamic data visualizations are provided herein. A data visualization based on initial data can be generated. A series of data updates can be received. The data visualization can be updated based on the series of data updates. Various performance metrics can be monitored, and data updates and/or the updated data visualization can be adjusted accordingly. Performance metrics can include at least one of: a data visualization rendering time; a data transfer time; or a data update generation time. Upon determining that one or more performance metrics exceed a threshold: a time between data updates of the series of data updates can be increased; sampled data can be requested for subsequent data updates; and/or a time-dimension extent of the updated data visualization can be reduced.

Auto-monitoring and adjustment of dynamic data visualizations

Embodiments relate to performing data blending operations across multiple different data sets comprising data structures with columns and rows. Columns of data sets to be blended may be linked together. Filters may be applied to data sets before the data blend operation is performed to specify which columns to be displayed in a visualization at a client interface. A direct filter may be applied to one of the data sets to obtain a filtered resulting data set. Data elements of the filtered resulting data set can be identified that correspond to the linked columns of the data sets to be blended. The results of applying the direct filter may then be used as the filtering criteria for an indirect filter to filter a second data set. The results of applying the direct and indirect filters may then be combined together in the data blending operation.

Indirect filtering in blended data operations

In one embodiment, a method receives a query for data in a database system and calls a plurality of engines to analyze information for the query. A calculation graph is generated from at least a portion of the plurality of engines where each of the at least a portion of the plurality of engines add a node to the calculation graph based on analyzing of the information for the query. Then, the method executes the query by calling the nodes of the calculation graph. Each node uses metadata added to the node from a respective calculation engine to perform a calculation for the node. Then, a result of the query is output based on the respective calculations performed by the nodes.

Orchestration of data query processing in a database system

Innovations in the area of query processing for a database management system ('DBMS') are presented herein. For example, for a database query, a query engine generates query code in an imperative language (such as a procedural, scripting language) based on query code in a declarative language (such as a structured query language). The query engine can embed the imperative-language query code in an intermediate representation of the database query, which is executed by the DBMS. In many instances (e.g., for non-linear operations of a database query), the imperative-language query code can be executed by the DBMS more quickly and efficiently than the original declarative-language query code. The DBMS returns results of the execution of the database query.

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