Systems and methods for analyzing multiple states in one or more groups of data

A computer system comprising:

• a user interface component operable to:
• allow a user to create a template for analyzing groups of data in a database, wherein the template specifies the groups of data to be included in the analysis and options for analyzing the groups of data;
• and
• allow a user to specify a project and rules for the project, wherein the rules pertain to states in the groups of data and the project indicates which of the groups of data is baseline source data and which of the groups of data is comparison data;
• a compare component operable to:
• access the template, the project, and the groups of data;
• and
• invoke an analyzer function to compare the source data to the comparison data.

A method for analyzing data in a database, comprising:

• creating an analysis template, wherein the template specifies at least one of the group consisting of:
• columns of data in the database, options for analyzing the columns of data, and options for generating a report of the analysis;
• adding a project,
• adding rules to the project, wherein the rules correspond to states of the data, and one of the columns of the data is designated as source data and other of the columns is designated as comparison data to which the source data is compared;
• and
• comparing the source data to the comparison data based on the template and the rules in the project.