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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2007
Andrew Thomas Nelmes, London, GB;
George Duncan Pearson, York, GB;
Johnathan Hodge, Croydon, GB;
John Martin Pitstick, Burnsville, MN (US);
Michael Gould, Yearsley, GB;
Andrew Thomas Nelmes, London, GB;
George Duncan Pearson, York, GB;
Johnathan Hodge, Croydon, GB;
John Martin Pitstick, Burnsville, MN (US);
Michael Gould, Yearsley, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An enterprise planning and performance management system provides a variable-based modeling technique that enables users to interact with a more manageable variable-centric front-end for complex enterprise planning software. The system enables users to specify a plurality of variable definitions via a variable-based user interface. Based on the plurality of variable definitions, the system generates, and in some instances automatically generates, model data that defines an enterprise planning model. The system uses the model data during subsequent enterprise planning sessions. Because model builders typically comprise financial analysts unfamiliar with traditional complex enterprise modeling techniques but familiar with common financial variables of an enterprise, this variable-based modeling technique may facilitate easier model building by allowing these financial analysts to generate model data from the perspective of the more readily understood variables.