Patent ID: 8473520
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method implemented by a computing system in response to execution of program code by a processor of the computing system, the method comprising: receiving, from a user, a selection of a set of one or more elements of a data visualization, the set associated with a measure and each of the one or more elements associated with a value of the measure for a respective combination of one or more dimension members; receiving, from the user, an instruction to create a second set of one or more elements associated with a calculated measure, where a value of the calculated measure for a respective combination of one or more dimension members is based on two values of the measure for the respective combination of one or more dimension members, and where a first value of the two values of the measure is associated with a first time and a second value of the two values of the measure is associated with a second time; in response to the instruction, automatically generating a query to produce a value of the calculated measure for each of the combinations of one or more dimension members; and presenting the second set of one or more elements including the value of the calculated measure for each of the combinations of one or more dimension members.