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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Sap SE, Walldorf, DE;
Gerald Franz, Walldorf, DE;
Hannes Jakschitsch, Walldorf, DE;
Roland Sedler, Leimen, DE;
Bastian Erler, Walldorf, DE;
SAP SE, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
Performing hierarchical computations in relational database management systems, where the hierarchical computations are based on tabular input data that builds non-tree topologies by modifying the tabular input data to form tree topologies. One or more nodes, in a hierarchy of nodes, generated from tabular data, can have a non-tree-like topology. One or more attributes of entries in the tabular indexed data structure associated with the one or more nodes having the non-tree-like topology can be modified. The modified attributes can cause the tabular indexed data to form a tree-like topology. The modifying can be based on a type of non-tree-like topology of the one or more nodes having the non-tree-like topology. A navigation function can be selected and applied to the modified tabular indexed data structure to determine a navigation result for traversing the hierarchy of nodes. The navigation result can be provided and the hierarchy traversed.