Patent ID: 8473375

Claim:
A computer implemented method comprising: setting up, using a processor, account modules for transaction data to be entered, each transaction entry including two or more standard dimensions, the standard dimensions comprising at least an account number and an amount, each of the one or more standard dimension having a value that is restricted to a set of predefined dimension codes; defining, using the processor, supporting dimensions for storing information that provides additional non-financial information related to the transaction entry; wherein the defining of supporting dimensions comprises: displaying, using a display device, a first user interface having user-editable fields that enable a user to enter information for defining a supporting dimension, the user-editable fields including a first user-editable field for receiving an indication of a name for the supporting dimension, and a second user-editable field for receiving an indication of an accounting module, and a third user-editable field for receiving an indication of a data type of the supporting dimension, receiving through the first user interface the information for defining the supporting dimension, the information including the indication of the name for the supporting dimension, the indication of the accounting module, and the indication of the data type of the supporting dimension; generating, using the processor, the supporting dimension by associating the supporting dimension with the accounting module, the data type, and the name; wherein the received information for defining the name of the supporting dimension is not selected from a predefined dimension code list; receiving, through a second user interface, query criteria for the accounting module; and displaying a report on the second user interface that includes a list of transactions associated with the accounting module that match the query criteria, at least a portion of the transactions in the list of transaction including a value for the supporting dimension.