Patent ID: 6718336
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of importing data into a data analysis system, comprising the steps of:enabling a user to specify first user defined options for operating on a first data set; generating an intermediate representation of the first data set based on said user first defined options; enabling a user to specify second user defined options for operating on a second data set; generating an intermediate representation of the second data set based on said user second defined options; enabling a user to select a basic operation for combining the data sets or to select a non-basic operation for combining the data sets; said basic operation being operative to combine said data sets upon user selection of a first graphical interface control, and said non-basic operation being operative to combine said data sets based on user selection of at least two graphical interface controls from a group of graphical interface controls; and processing said basic or non-basic selected operation to merge said data sets and produce a final data representation to be used for analysis of said data.