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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Yutong Wang, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Anand Bheemarajaiah, Redmond, WA (US);
Xiaoqing Tang, Redmond, WA (US);
Srinivasan S. Turuvekere, Redmond, WA (US);
Howard J. Dickerman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Marius Dumitru, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, methods and systems for cross-filtering based on configurable direct relationships are provided. A selection of a first endpoint of a first table and a second endpoint of a second table is received. A direct relationship object is configured between the first table and the second table based on the first endpoint and the second endpoint. A cross-filtering direction and endpoint cardinality settings can also be configured for the direct relationship object. The direct relationship object may be configured as a many-to-one, one-to-many, or one-to-one. Automatic cross-filtering is configurable and can be set to cross-filter in one direction, the reverse direction, or both directions, with bidirectional cross filtering being a default configuration. The direct relationship object between the first endpoint and the second is configurable, such that, cross-filtering the first table and the second table to select rows for cross-filtering results is based on the cross-filtering direction.