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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Stefan Dipper, Wiesloch, DE;
Christel Rueger, Hanau, DE;
Stefan Biedenstein, Bad Schoenborn, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, method and article for handling ambiguous joins among a plurality of tables based on a query are disclosed. Metadata associated with the plurality tables is generated. The metadata comprises ambiguous join dimensions and special measures, where the ambiguous join dimensions provide a list of all dimensions used in conditions of the query that are ambiguous, and the special measures provide a list of measures that are affected by the ambiguous join dimensions. Data is aggregated in the plurality of tables according to an aggregation level expressed in the query and based on the metadata.