Patent ID: 8468125

Claim:
A method for exporting data from a software system comprising: defining a link from a first software application to a second software application by: identifying a source data cube associated with the first software application and a target data cube associated with the second software application, identifying a source dimension of the source data cube and a target dimension of the target data cube, and defining a mapping between one or more items of the source dimension and one or more items of the target dimension, wherein the link specifies a live source area storing current multidimensional data in the source data cube of a multidimensional database associated with the first software application and a live target area of a multidimensional database storing current multidimensional data in the target data cube associated with the second software application, wherein the multidimensional database of the second software application includes a staging area to process import data to be imported into the second software application, wherein the staging area of the second software application is separate from the live target area of the second software application; and automatically moving, by a computer, multidimensional data from the live source area directly to the live target area in accordance with the link by bypassing the staging area of the second software application.