Patent ID: 11868370
Assignee: IQVIA INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining data records from a first volume and data records from a second volume, wherein each of the data records is keyed by a respective key,
wherein each key spans a subset of dimensions, wherein each of the dimensions indicates a respective attribute of the data records,
wherein at least one dimension from the subset of dimensions is labelled differently between the first volume and the second volume,

determining that a particular key is invalid based on a comparison of the data records from the first volume with the data records from the second volume, wherein the data records from the first volume and the data records from the second volume cover an overlapping period of time; and
combining the data records from the first volume with the data records from the second volume according to the invalid key such that the data records from the first volume and the data records from the second volume keyed by the invalid key are accessible as a single entry.