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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2007
Patrick Baumgartner, Pullman, WA (US);
Alisson A. S. Sol, Cambridge, GB;
Peter Eberhardy, Seattle, WA (US);
Luming Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark Yang, Redmond, WA (US);
Amer Shahnawaz, Redmond, WA (US);
Patrick Baumgartner, Pullman, WA (US);
Alisson A. S. Sol, Cambridge, GB;
Peter Eberhardy, Seattle, WA (US);
Luming Wang, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark Yang, Redmond, WA (US);
Amer Shahnawaz, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes selecting a first member of a first dimension of a database to be included at a first location in a report. The first member includes first data to be retrieved from the database. A blank space to be added at a second location relative to the first member is also selected. A database query is generated that includes a first instruction to retrieve first data included in the first member. The first instruction is located at a first position in the query and the first data will appear in the report at the first location. The database query also includes a second instruction to retrieve a null set of data. The second instruction is located at a second position in the query and the null set of data will appear in the report at the second location.