Patent ID: 11886409
Assignee: SAP SE
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 3:
4. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying a plurality of configurations, each of the plurality of configurations specifying a column of one of a plurality of data sources, where a first column specified by a first configuration is different from a second column specified by a second configuration;
for each configuration, acquiring a sequence of values stored in consecutive rows of the column specified by the configuration;
storing each acquired sequence of values in a storage device in association with an identifier of the data source and an identifier of first column from which the sequence was acquired;
receiving a search request including a target sequence of values; and
in response to the search request:
identifying one of the stored sequences of values as matching the target sequence; and
returning the identified one of the stored sequences of values and the associated identifier of the column and identifier of the data source from which the sequence was acquired.