Patent ID: 8073863
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A metadata management system for a business intelligence system, the business intelligence system having one or more storage devices for a metadata repository and further having an application server configured to access the metadata repository via a communication protocol and a communication path of the business intelligence system, the metadata management system comprising: a user interface generator to display information regarding objects of extensible markup language (XML) metadata content in the metadata repository that define one or more report specifications for presentation of enterprise data via a user web portal of the business intelligence system, each report specification being configured for use by the application server to generate a respective report presenting the enterprise data via the web portal as specified by the XML metadata content objects of the report specification, and to facilitate selection of a group of the XML metadata content objects; a content editor to evaluate the XML metadata content stored in the metadata repository for each XML metadata content object of the selected group and to modify in a batch job the XML metadata content for each XML metadata content object of the selected group for storage of the modified XML metadata content in the metadata repository; and a communication manager to issue instructions through the application server along the communication path of the business intelligence system for extraction of the XML metadata content for each XML metadata content object of the selected group from the metadata repository and for the storage of the modified XML metadata content in the metadata repository, the instructions being configured in accordance with the communication protocol of the business intelligence system.