Patent ID: 8966381
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving definitions for time members for a time dimension of a multidimensional data model, wherein a time member represents a specific instance of a characteristic of the time dimension; assigning by a processor a monotonically increasing unique identifier to each time member, wherein an ordering of the unique identifiers of each time member is preserved when an operation is performed on the unique identifiers; generating a calendar with time members from the time dimension using the unique identifiers, wherein the calendar defines time dimension information for cells of a multidimensional data cube employing the multidimensional data model, and comprises at least one frequency instance and each frequency instance comprises at least one end marker and each end marker corresponds to an end value; and translating the calendar to a business dimension having at least one business dimension attribute and each business dimension attribute corresponding to a frequency instance, such that an end value of a day frequency instance becomes a business member of the business dimension and an end value of a different frequency instance becomes a value of the business dimension attribute.