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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2009
Gregory Paul Andrews, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory Paul Andrews, Rochester, MN (US);
SAP AG, Walldorf, DE;
Abstract
A method, system, and article of manufacture for quickly and easily obtaining information about a list of elements. One embodiment of the invention comprises receiving a selection of at least one desired summary function, generating a configuration file containing the at least one desired summary function, receiving a selection of a list of numbers, copying the list of numbers into a clipboard, parsing the configuration file to extract the least one desired function, calculating the at least one desired summary function using the list of desired numbers to generate summary information, displaying the summary information in a pop-up window, and replacing the selected list of numbers with the summary information. The results window may be a pop-window, a hover-help window, or a clipboard.