Patent ID: 8417594

Claim:
At least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising: receiving a request from at least one user to create a report to be populated from a dimension-based financial reporting system, the request specifying a range of members within dimensions of interest for the report, a group of dimensions of interest for the report, and a customized hierarchy specifying how data gathered across a plurality of dimensions is to be filtered or organized in the report, the request referencing at least one or more dimensions that are not fully qualified and one or more dimensions that are fully qualified; sending a further request, on behalf of the user, to the financial reporting system to create the report; and receiving from the financial reporting system a response to the further request, wherein the response is a report generated by the financial reporting system according to the request by transforming the one or more dimensions that are not fully qualified into fully qualified dimensions.