Patent Document ID: 8510259
Application ID: 13424308
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for mapping an eXtensible Business Reporting Language (“XBRL”) hypercube specification to a multidimensional database schema, the method comprising: obtaining, by the computer, a reporting hypercube specification comprising a plurality of “mapped” XBRL dimensions and a plurality of “mapped” XBRL measures of the XBRL hypercube specification; generating, by the computer, a database schema defining a multidimensional database corresponding to the XBRL hypercube specification, said multidimensional database comprising a fact table and a plurality of dimension tables, said fact table comprising a plurality of measure columns and a plurality of dimension columns corresponding respectively to said plurality of dimension tables; and generating, by the computer, a data map mapping each of said plurality of mapped XBRL dimensions to a corresponding one of said plurality of dimension tables, said data map further mapping each of said plurality of mapped XBRL measures to a corresponding one of said plurality of measure columns.