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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
May. 27, 2008
Jerry Zheng, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Paul Kmiec, Portland, OR (US);
James Herzberg, Portland, OR (US);
Klaus Schauser, Goleta, CA (US);
Jerry Zheng, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Paul Kmiec, Portland, OR (US);
James Herzberg, Portland, OR (US);
Klaus Schauser, Goleta, CA (US);
APPFOLIO, INC., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically identifying data dependencies for reports are described. In one embodiment, a method includes: instructing a first reporting utility to generate a first report according to a set of parameters, the first report based on data stored in a database; modifying, directly or indirectly, at least one data element in the database; instructing the first reporting utility to generate a second report according to the set of parameters, the second report based on data stored in the database; comparing the first report to the second report; and identifying, based on the comparison, at least one field within the database used by the first reporting utility to generate the first and second reports.