EASY-TO-USE DATA REPORT SPECIFICATION

A method and system for the graphical specification and modification of reports is disclosed which enables data reports to be easily created via a report design dialogue. The report design dialogue includes a group-level outline panel containing controls for grouping, as well as other report control...

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Main Authors KIHNEMAN BRIAN E, COOPER ROBERT, KARIMOV PAVEL R, COVINGTON CLINTON D, WOODALL ZACHARY P
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.02.2008
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method and system for the graphical specification and modification of reports is disclosed which enables data reports to be easily created via a report design dialogue. The report design dialogue includes a group-level outline panel containing controls for grouping, as well as other report controls such as those for sorting and aggregating. A method and system for creating a group-level outline panel using an existing database report is also disclosed. Finally, a computer-readable medium storing a computer-interpretable data structure that stores one or more report specifications is disclosed.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20070925671