Patent ID: 8655923
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for maintaining aggregates comprising: identifying a first change to transactional data in a business application, the first change affecting a first key figure of a first transactional record in the transactional data, the first transactional record having a first characteristic; automatically adding a first aggregate record to an aggregate data structure based on the first change to the transactional data, the first aggregate record including an aggregation of the first key figure and a second key figure of a second transaction record in the transactional data, the second transaction having the first characteristic; identifying a second change to the transactional data in the business application, the second change comprising an update to the second key figure of the second transaction record; determining that an aggregation mode prohibits aggregate updates to the aggregation of the first key figure and the second key figure included in the first aggregate record of the aggregate data structure; and in response to determining that the aggregate mode prohibits aggregate updates: