Patent ID: 7925616
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A context sensitive prompt object stored in a computing system and used in creating a report to be executed in a reporting system using a computer processor, the context sensitive prompt object comprising: a context sensitive prompt object configured to create a report in an On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) decision support system (DSS), wherein the context sensitive prompt object is part of a security filter; a question to be answered automatically during execution of the report; an answer to the question being defined at least in part by a contextual feature of the report execution; a prompt type wherein at least one validation property comprises verification that the answer provided to the question is of the specified prompt type; and at least one attribute or dimension indicating how the prompt object is to be processed, wherein the at least one attribute or dimension provides browse path information to enable selection of one or more elements to be presented in the report, wherein the report specifies the context sensitive prompt object as a property of the report, and wherein the context sensitive prompt object is an object separate from the report such that the context sensitive prompt object may be used by a plurality of different reports.