Patent ID: 7162701
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: presenting a first tabular view of data from a particular level of a hierarchy of pre-aggregated data stored in a pre-aggregated form, the first tabular view including one or more data categories, each of the one or more data categories associated with one or more cells each depicting a consolidated value based upon data corresponding to one or more child members associated with the cell; responsive to selection, by an end user, of a cell of the one or more cells, while maintaining the first tabular view, providing an interactive nested menu in the form of a singular control depicting a directed summary of what caused the value of the selected cell by displaying one or more dimension members of a sub-cube associated with the selected cell and an indication regarding a relative contribution of each of the one or more dimension members to the value of the selected cell; and allowing the end user to navigate to a particular level of detail within a plurality of partial hierarchies associated with the one or more dimension members that is desired while maintaining context by displaying sub-dimension members of the one or more dimension members responsive to end user input and retaining the first tabular view until at least an input event from the end user representing selection of a partial hierarchy of the plurality of partial hierarchies to be navigated to is received and then presenting a second tabular view of data from the selected partial hierarchy responsive to the selection.