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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Haoyu Dong, Beijing, CN;
Shi Han, Beijing, CN;
Dongmei Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Jennifer Michelstein Halberstam, Issaquah, WA (US);
Xiao Lyu, Beijing, CN;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Implementations of the present disclosure provide a solution for spreadsheet table transformation. In this solution, one or more header areas and a data area of a spreadsheet table are detected. A hierarchical structure of each of the header areas is determined by analysis of cell merging and/or indents in the header area, and/or a function relationship between data items in corresponding cells of the data area. The spreadsheet table can be transformed to a relational table based on recognition of the hierarchical structure of the header area. In this way, by facilitating understanding of header structures based on the header hierarchy, it is possible to achieve automated transformation from spreadsheet tables to relational tables.