Patent ID: 8090658
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A member unique name (MUN) translation system comprising: a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for a translation module; and a processor configured to execute the translation module to receive a first MUN that identifies a member of a first data source, the first MUN comprising a set of model information that describes a logical model for the first data source, to compare a data source identifier for the first data source to a data source identifier for a second data source, and, when the data source identifier for the first data source is the same as the data source identifier for the second data source, to copy the set of model information of the first MUN into a second MUN that identifies a member of the second data source corresponding to the member of the first data source, and wherein the data source identifier for the first data source indicates that the first data source comprises at least one of an Online Analytic Processing (OLAP) data source, a dimensionally modeled relational (DMR) data source, and a canonical data source.