Patent ID: 8688730
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for determining a database allocation of an entity, the method comprising: identifying a domain directly associated with the entity; determining at least one header table field directly associated with the entity by identifying a directly associated type definition linked to the directly associated domain, wherein the directly associated type definition refers to the header table field, wherein each header table field is in a corresponding header table; determining at least one detail table field indirectly associated with the entity, wherein each detail table field is in a corresponding detail table, the determining comprising: calculating the number of records allocated to the entity, each calculated record including the determined header table field or the determined detail table field; wherein each domain defines a value range; wherein each type definition linked to a corresponding domain specifies the value range of the corresponding domain for each field that refers to the type definition.