Patent ID: 6108657
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer readable medium having a set of instructions stored therein for enabling a computer to construct a multi-dimensional layout mapping for a set of M measures, wherein measure values associated with said set of M measures are maintained in a master table, wherein M is an integer, said set of instructions including:a first set of instructions, which when executed by the computer cause the computer to identify a set of D dimensions, wherein each dimension in said set of D dimensions is associated with a set of dimension values, wherein D is an integer;a second set of instructions, which when executed by the computer cause the computer to identify a first set of groups of records in said master table, wherein each group in said first set of groups consists of records that each contain a set of D dimension values wherein each dimension value in said set of D dimension values is associated with a different one of said D dimensions, wherein each of said sets of D dimension values contains a different combination of dimension values, wherein each group in said first set of groups includes at least one record; anda third set of instructions, which when executed by the computer cause the computer to designate a set of cells for use in said layout mapping, wherein each cell corresponds to a group in said first set of groups.