Patent ID: 7624121

Claim:
A data processing system, comprising: a processor; a plurality of data warehouses, each of the data warehouses storing key figures field catalogues and characteristics field catalogues; means for selecting a sub-set of the plurality of data warehouses; means for selecting at least one of the key figures field catalogues and characteristics field catalogues of a selected one of the data warehouses; means for storing data indicative of the selected sub-set and the selected at least one key figures field catalogue and characteristics field catalogue for definition of a data domain; means for selecting a plurality of key figures fields and characteristics fields of the data domain contained in the at least one key figures field catalogue and characteristics field catalogue of the data domain to define a database of the data domain; means for receiving cost component split type definitions for an object type comprising selected key figures fields of the selected at least one key figures field catalogue of the database, wherein the cost component split definitions provide one or more methods for splitting costs for an object of the object type; means for receiving a user's selection of one of key figures of the object type; means for receiving a user's selection of a cost component split type assigned to the selected key figure, wherein the means for receiving the user's selection of the cost component split type comprises a pull-down menu, where each menu item of the pull-down menu is indicative of one of the cost component split types assigned to the selected key figure; and means for assigning a selected cost component split type to one of the key figures fields.