Patent ID: 8868486

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of providing multi-dimensional time series objects to a user, the method comprising: providing an electronic database configured to store a plurality of time-series metric objects and a plurality of dimension objects, each of the plurality of time-series metric objects including a plurality of values associated with corresponding times; generating, by a computing system including one or more hardware computer processors, based at least in part on the plurality of time-series metric objects and the plurality of dimension objects, a time-sensitive OLAP cube; receiving, via an input device of the computing system, an operation from a user comprising a selection of at least two of the plurality of dimension objects; determining, by the computing system, based on the received operation, a plurality of relevant time-series metric objects associated with each of the selected dimension objects; and providing to the user, on an electronic display of the computing system, a table comprising a plurality of rows corresponding to values of at least one of the selected dimension objects, a plurality of columns corresponding to values of at least one other of the selected dimension objects, and cells associated with each combination of the rows and columns, each cell including one of the plurality of relevant time-series metric objects associated with respective row and column values, each one of the plurality of relevant time-series metric objects provided as a two-dimensional graph indicating a historical trend configured for comparison with other ones of the plurality of relevant time-series metric objects associated with other combinations of row and column values, wherein a first dimension of each of the two-dimensional graphs is a time dimension having a common scale and a common interval among the two-dimensional graphs, and a second dimension of each of the two-dimensional graphs has another common scale and another common interval among the two-dimensional graphs.