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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2007
Brian E. Kihneman, Seattle, WA (US);
Clinton D. Covington, Kirkland, WA (US);
Pavel R. Karimov, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Cooper, Woodinville, WA (US);
Zachary P. Woodall, Issaquah, WA (US);
Brian E. Kihneman, Seattle, WA (US);
Clinton D. Covington, Kirkland, WA (US);
Pavel R. Karimov, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Cooper, Woodinville, WA (US);
Zachary P. Woodall, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for the graphical specification and modification of reports is disclosed which enables data reports to be easily created via a report design dialogue. The report design dialogue includes a group-level outline panel containing controls for grouping, as well as other report controls such as those for sorting and aggregating. A method and system for creating a group-level outline panel using an existing database report is also disclosed. Finally, a computer-readable medium storing a computer-interpretable data structure that stores one or more report specifications is disclosed.