Multi-dimensional data management system
The present invention is directed to the management of large amounts of data, sometimes referred to as "data warehousing", and more particularly to the management of data in a manner which permits a user to examine the data across multiple dimensions, and thereby gain more insight into inf...
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| Format | Patent |
| Language | English |
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02.04.2002
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| Summary: | The present invention is directed to the management of large amounts of data, sometimes referred to as "data warehousing", and more particularly to the management of data in a manner which permits a user to examine the data across multiple dimensions, and thereby gain more insight into information represented by the data.
Multi-dimensional data is organized into classes which correspond to each of the dimensions that characterize the data. All relevant data is consolidated into a fact table, which is based upon information of interest. The data within this table is linked to the top level of each class that corresponds to a different dimension of data, and subclasses which exist within a given dimension of class automatically inherit the linked reference to the consolidated data. A user can thereby select search criteria within particular classes that correspond to the dimensions of interest. This search criteria is then used to form a query which is applied to a relational database, to obtain the desired results. |
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