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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
James Althoff, Los Altos, CA (US);
i2 Technologies US, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Multi-dimensional data is organized into classes which correspond to each of the dimensions that characterize the data. All relevant data is consolidated into a fact table, which is based upon information of interest. The data within this table is linked to the top level of each class that corresponds to a different dimension of data, and subclasses which exist within a given dimension of class automatically inherit the linked reference to the consolidated data. A user can thereby select search criteria within particular classes that correspond to the dimensions of interest. This search criteria is then used to form a query which is applied to a relational database, to obtain the desired results.