Patent ID: 7933791
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, with a user interface within an enterprise planning system, a plurality of variable definitions, each of the variable definitions specifying a plurality of variables to be used during the enterprise planning session, wherein receiving the plurality of variable definitions comprises: wherein the method further comprises: generating, with a processor, model data that defines an enterprise planning model based on the plurality of variable definitions received via the user interface, wherein the enterprise planning model is used within the enterprise planning session, and wherein generating the model data comprises generating the model data to include one or more multidimensional data structures based on the variable definitions, the one or more multidimensional data structures having dimensionality based on the dimensions and the dimension types received with respect to, each of the variables; and executing the enterprise planning session, wherein executing the enterprise planning session comprises: