Patent Document ID: 20080027970
Application ID: 11493950
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method comprising the steps of: defining a first interface of a logical model architecture comprising one or more dimensions and/or measures; defining a second interface of said logical model architecture comprising metrics, and associations between said metrics and said one or more dimensions and/or measures; defining a third interface of said logical model architecture comprising a plurality of user data requirements, each of which identifies at least one of said metrics and at least one of said dimensions and/or measures; defining a first set of transformations of said logical model architecture comprising one or more transformations to map source data items to said one or more dimensions and/or measures of said first interface; and defining a second set of transformations of said logical model architecture, each transformation of said second transformation set corresponding to at least one of said user data requirements, and being for use in populating a data repository with data to satisfy said corresponding user data requirement.