Patent ID: 7415664

Claim:
A method for exporting-importing the content of input cells from a source scalable template instance having input cells and output cells in a source multi-dimensional spreadsheet to a destination scalable template instance in a destination multi-dimensional spreadsheet, wherein a scalable template includes a reference to a couple, the couple including an element format and an element profile that define all body elements of a body part of a range of cells of a multi-dimensional spreadsheet, said method comprising: detecting a command for exporting-importing input cells from a source scalable template instance in a source spreadsheet to a destination scalable template instance in a destination spreadsheet; identifying a source scalable template including a plurality of cells associated with the source scalable template instance, wherein the plurality of cells includes both input cells and output cells; identifying ones of the plurality of cells of the source scalable template defined as input cells in an element profile of the source scalable template; identifying a destination scalable template including a plurality of cells associated with the destination scalable template instance, wherein the plurality of cells includes both input cells and output cells; and identifying ones of the plurality of cells of the destination scalable template defined as input cells in an element profile of the destination scalable template; and copying, cell per cell, the content of each input cell of the source scalable template instance to each input cell of the destination scalable template instance without copying the content of output cells of the source scalable template instance to output cells of the destination scalable template instance.