Patent ID: 8520554
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: performing, via a computer processor: externalizing a business requirement into a component class of a data control structure, the component class independent of other component classes in the data control structure such that a business rule for the component class is applied to a single set of raw data without impacting business rules of the other component classes, the component classes representing both real-world physical elements and logical elements created for business analysis; defining a solution to the business requirement; entering the solution into metadata within the component class; pulling data from a data warehouse into the component class based upon the business requirement, the pulling data including aggregating sub-tending data from the data warehouse, the aggregating specified to a level requested via the component class; and performing a calculation on the data in accordance with the business requirement; wherein the pulling data includes pulling the data away from the data warehouse and forward to the component class, such that a single data source associated with the data is usable multiple times for a plurality of component classes.