Patent ID: 7949937

Claim:
A computer readable medium, comprising: a report generator to produce, through an initial access to a database, a report with a set of report objects arranged in a hierarchy with each report object having an associated set of parameters; and a report parts tool to deliver, in response to a report parts request, a first report object of the set of report objects without delivering the remaining report objects of the set of report objects, the report parts tool delivering the first report object from the report without a subsequent access to the database, wherein the report parts tool operates on a computer and delivers the first report object from the computer to a separate computing device; wherein the report parts tool delivers a second report object of the set of report objects without delivering the remaining report objects of the set of report objects, the report parts tool delivering the second report object from the report without a subsequent access to the database, and wherein the associated set of parameters includes a data context, and wherein the data context is passed from the first report object to the second report object.