Patent ID: 6640226
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for facilitating access to database information defined by an analytic application, said method comprising the steps of:a) receiving operational data from a data source; b) generating metrics from said operational data using said analytic application; c) receiving a multi-level ranking query from a user, wherein said multi-level ranking query requires successive rankings of said metrics; d) dividing said multi-level ranking query into a first part that defines a first subset of the metrics from said operational data and a second part that defines a second subset of the metrics from said operational data; e) executing said first part of said multi-level ranking query, wherein said first part executes a first ranking of said first subset only; f) executing said second part of said multi-level ranking query, wherein said second part executes a second ranking of metrics from said first ranking; and g) joining stored usable data extracted from a first table of data that is generated as a result of said first ranking with stored usable data extracted from a second table of data that is generated as a result of said second ranking.