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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
May. 27, 2004
David Cushing, Osgoode, CA;
Marius Cosma, Kanata, CA;
Neil Warner, Orleans, CA;
Helmut Beffert, Chelsea, CA;
David Cushing, Osgoode, CA;
Marius Cosma, Kanata, CA;
Neil Warner, Orleans, CA;
Helmut Beffert, Chelsea, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of transforming queries based upon an entity/relationship schema into multi-dimensional expression queries is provided. The method comprises matching an object referenced in an entity/relationship schema based report specification to a corresponding object in the entity/relationship schema, the corresponding object adorned with associated multidimensional metadata; adding the associated multi-dimensional metadata to the object referenced in the entity/relationship schema based report specification; translating the entity/relationship schema based report specification into a multi-dimensional expression query; and retrieving directly all data required to populate a report output of the entity/relationship schema report specification.