Dynamic data collection

A computer system, comprising a server computer that includes a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable hardware storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code executable by the processor via the memory to implement a method, said method comprising:

• said processor generating a web-based framework, wherein the web-based framework comprises a table comprising N+1 columns and M+1 rows, wherein the N+1 columns comprises a first column and N remaining columns, wherein the M+1 rows comprises a first row and M remaining rows, wherein the first row identifies N dimensions consisting of N independent variables respectively associated with the N columns, wherein the first column identifies M dimensions consisting of M independent variables respectively associated with the M rows, wherein a two-dimensional array within the table comprises N×M intersections of the N remaining columns and the M remaining rows, wherein the first row further identifies a customizable filter comprising a list of K dimensions consisting of K dependent variables, wherein N, M and K are each independently an integer of at least 2, and wherein the customizable filter in the web-based framework is reusable and is configured for customized use by an end-user at each end-user computer of multiple end-user computers for generating respective user-defined data collection tools specific to each user-defined computer;
• said processor transmitting, via the Internet, the web-based framework to one end-user computer of the multiple end-user computers;
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• after transmitting the web-based framework to the one end-user computer, said processor receiving, from the one end-user computer via the Internet, a user-defined data collection tool generated by the one end-user computer, said user-defined data collection tool comprising the table populated with measures at the N×M intersections, said measures being in accordance with a measure of a dependent variable selected by the end-user at the one end-user computer from the K dependent variables of the customizable filter, wherein the measure of the selected dependent variable is a concrete value of the selected dependent variable, wherein the measure populated at each intersection is a concrete value that is a function of the measure of the dependent variable selected from the customizable filter and two independent variables characterizing each intersection, and wherein the user-defined data collection tool is specific to the one end-user computer and is customized for the data collection populated by the one end-user computer at each intersection due to the selection, by the end-user at the one end-user computer, of the dependent variable from the K dependent variables of the customizable filter.

A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions executable by a processor of a server computer of a computer system to implement a method, said method comprising:

• said processor generating a web-based framework, wherein the web-based framework comprises a table comprising N+1 columns and M+1 rows, wherein the N+1 columns comprises a first column and N remaining columns, wherein the M+1 rows comprises a first row and M remaining rows, wherein the first row identifies N dimensions consisting of N independent variables respectively associated with the N columns, wherein the first column identifies M dimensions consisting of M independent variables respectively associated with the M rows, wherein a two-dimensional array within the table comprises N×M intersections of the N remaining columns and the M remaining rows, wherein the first row further identifies a customizable filter comprising a list of K dimensions consisting of K dependent variables, wherein N, M and K are each independently an integer of at least 2, and wherein the customizable filter in the web-based framework is reusable and is configured for customized use by an end-user at each end-user computer of multiple end-user computers for generating respective user-defined data collection tools specific to each user-defined computer;
• said processor transmitting, via the Internet, the web-based framework to one end-user computer of the multiple end-user computers;
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• after transmitting the web-based framework to the one end-user computer, said processor receiving, from the one end-user computer via the Internet, a user-defined data collection tool generated by the one end-user computer, said user-defined data collection tool comprising the table populated with measures at the N×M intersections, said measures being in accordance with a measure of a dependent variable selected by the end-user at the one end-user computer from the K dependent variables of the customizable filter, wherein the measure of the selected dependent variable is a concrete value of the selected dependent variable, wherein the measure populated at each intersection is a concrete value that is a function of the measure of the dependent variable selected from the customizable filter and two independent variables characterizing each intersection, and wherein the user-defined data collection tool is specific to the one end-user computer and is customized for the data collection populated by the one end-user computer at each intersection due to the selection, by the end-user at the one end-user computer, of the dependent variable from the K dependent variables of the customizable filter.