Patent ID: 9043269
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically identifying data dependencies for reports, the method comprising: a. instructing a first reporting utility to generate a first report according to a set of parameters, the first report based on data stored in a first database; b. modifying a data element stored in a field within the first database; c. instructing the first reporting utility to generate a second report according to the set of parameters, the second report based on data stored in the first database; d. comparing data in the first report to data in the second report; e. identifying, based on the comparison, data in the first report that is different from data in the second report using one of the following techniques: f. identifying a field within the first database used by the first reporting utility to generate the data identified as different in the first and second reports by identifying and analyzing at least one function used on a plurality of fields by the first reporting utility to generate the data identified as different in the first and second reports; and g. inserting data derived from the first report into at least one field within a second database corresponding to the identified field of the first database.