Patent ID: 7228308
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method in a data preparation program for transferring data in a data processing system, the method comprising: responsive to receiving user input, identifying data from a relational database and creating a temporary data set; reading data from a relational database table in the relational database into the temporary data set created in response to the user input; preparing the data read from the relational database table into the temporary data set to form prepared data for analysis; creating a database table in a data processing system for the relational database; storing the prepared data into the database table, wherein the prepared data is ready for analysis; responsive to additional user input identifying data located in a plurality of database tables, reading data from the plurality of database tables into a plurality of data sets; merging the data from the plurality of data sets into a single data set; preparing the data from the plurality of data sets to form additional prepared data; and storing the additional prepared data in the single data set into the database table.