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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2002
Jeffrey A. Bedell, Arlington, VA (US);
Xun Feng, Sterling, VA (US);
William Hurwood, Washington, DC (US);
Ashutosh K. Jhaveri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benjamin Z. LI, Great Falls, VA (US);
Xinyi Wang, Herndon, VA (US);
Jun Yuan, Sterling, VA (US);
Jeffrey A. Bedell, Arlington, VA (US);
Xun Feng, Sterling, VA (US);
William Hurwood, Washington, DC (US);
Ashutosh K. Jhaveri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benjamin Z. Li, Great Falls, VA (US);
Xinyi Wang, Herndon, VA (US);
Jun Yuan, Sterling, VA (US);
MicroStrategy Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for creating a custom grouping of data in a database. A custom group object is created, a plurality of custom group elements are defined, each of the custom group elements being a subset of the custom group object and being defined by a different filter, each one of the different filters representing a logical expression of qualifications based on the data or a derived calculation of the data. Each of the different filters is resolved against the data or a subset of the data, and the plurality of custom group elements are grouped into a consolidated result set which in not naturally existing in the data structure.