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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2010
David Mosimann, New Westminster, CA;
Marko Udovicic, Burnaby, CA;
Wuzhen Xiong, Shanghai, CN;
Philipp Ziegler, Vancouver, CA;
David Mosimann, New Westminster, CA;
Marko Udovicic, Burnaby, CA;
Wuzhen Xiong, Shanghai, CN;
Philipp Ziegler, Vancouver, CA;
BUSINESS OBJECTS SOFTWARE LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing a set of placement options to a user when a new report object is requested to be placed in an area of the report are described herein. One or more existing report objects are associated with the area of the report. The set of placement options are determined based on at least one of the following: area type of the area in which the new report object is requested to be placed and a semantic relationship between the new report object and the one or more existing report objects. In one embodiment, the area of the report includes a sub-area. The set of placement options for a sub-area is determined based on the semantic relationship of new report objects and the existing report objects associated with the area and the sub-area.