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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Burton Leathers, Nepean, CA;
Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa, CA;
Abstract
The invention introduces a mechanism for analyzing large amounts of data. The end-user selects the various filter expression types and any required parameters used to condense the data, and this allows interactive selection of the most interesting ones as well as the ability to vary parameters for those filter expressions requiring them. These selected filter expressions are used to produce filtered views of the data in the cross-tabulations, so that the end-user gains a better grasp of the significant attributes of the data by having less important data either omitted, or aggregated into arbitrary groups. Because all of the permitted filter expressions are pre-computed there are significant improvements in usability and effectiveness. Further, since the pre-computation of these quite complex functions is performed concurrently there is potential for significant savings in processing resources.