Patent ID: 11966392
Assignee: SIGMA COMPUTING, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for adding a column into a worksheet, the method comprising:
receiving, via a spreadsheet interface comprising a first worksheet, a request to add a new column to the first worksheet, wherein the request includes a key that identifies a reference column in the first worksheet, a specification of a second worksheet that comprises a corresponding reference column related by the key, and a specification of a data column in the second worksheet, wherein each entry of the data column is associated with an entry of the corresponding reference column in the second worksheet, and entries to be included in the requested new column will be based on the entries of the data column;
generating, based on the request, a database query; and
receiving, from a database and in response to the database query, a query result comprising the new column to be added to the first worksheet.