Patent ID: 8326852
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of determining, from a physical database table having one or more fields and stored in a physical database, a set of query entities for a database abstraction model, comprising: identifying, from actual fields of the physical database table, a selection of an entity field containing a plurality of values, determining a plurality of unique values within the plurality of values for presentation to a user, identifying a user selection of one or more of the unique values from the plurality of unique values generating, by operation of one or more computer processors, one or more query entity definitions based on the selected one or more unique values, comprising, for each selected unique value: storing the generated one or more query entity definitions as one or more objects of the database abstraction model, wherein the database abstraction model logically describes the physical database that includes the physical database table.