Patent ID: 8195698
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for defining a structured view of data in a computer system, comprising: (a) executing a relational database management system (RDBMS) that stores the data in the computer system, wherein: (b) maintaining, as part of a process and the framework, a series of business rules and the workflow data processes to manage data, wherein the data resides in one or more RDBMS tables, and is hierarchical in nature; (c) accepting user input that defines a hierarchical structure that is projected onto the data; (d) storing the hierarchical structure as metadata in the RDBMS; and (e) utilizing the hierarchical structure to drive a hierarchy viewer, wherein the hierarchy viewer is used to graphically visualize, manage, and manipulate the data in a hierarchical manner.