Automation tool for providing access to an electronic database for business intelligence
AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited
InventorSmita Deshpande
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Abstract
A method for providing access to an electronic database for business intelligence is provided. The method includes receiving a request to create a new universe to interface with the electronic database to access the electronic database for business intelligence, receiving an input of a first set of universe details to populate the new universe, executing at least a first application macro to populate the new universe with the received first set of universe details by calling a business intelligence application to create the new universe with the populated first set of universe details; and providing the created new universe as a metadata layer that interfaces with the electronic database to provide access to the electronic database.
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A method for providing access to an electronic database for business intelligence, comprising:
- receiving a request to create a new universe to interface with the electronic database to access the electronic database for business intelligence;
- receiving an input of a first set of universe details to populate the new universe;
- executing at least a first application macro to populate the new universe with the received first set of universe details by calling a business intelligence application to create the new universe with the populated first set of universe details;
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- providing the created new universe as a metadata layer that interfaces with the electronic database to provide access to the electronic database.
A system for providing business intelligence of a business, comprising:
- an electronic database that stores therein data about operations of the business;
- a universe that operates to interface with electronic database to provide access to the electronic database to obtain business intelligence of the business based on the data of business operations stored in the electronic database;
- a business intelligence application that operates to provide the business intelligence by accessing the data of business operations stored in the electronic database via the universe, the business intelligence application also operates to provide the universe;
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- a business intelligence automation tool that operates to automatically call on the business intelligence application to access the universe, the business intelligence automation tool further comprises:
- a) a first application macro executed to automatically provide a first set of universe details to the business intelligence application to create the universe;
- b) a second application macro executed to automatically provide a second set of universe details to the business intelligence application to modify the universe once created;
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- c) a third application macro executed, in response to an input instruction to reverse engineer the universe, to automatically retrieve the universe details from the universe once created in order to document the universe.
A computer-readable medium on which is encoded computer-executable programming code that comprises:
- programming code executable by a computer to provide an option to create a new universe to interface with an electronic database to access the electronic database for business intelligence, an option to update an existing universe, an option to document universe details in the existing universe, and an option to delete all of the universe details in the existing universe;
- programming code for a first application macro that is executable by a computer to automatically provide a first set of universe details to the business intelligence application to create the new universe;
- programming code for a second application macro that is executable by a computer to automatically provide a second set of universe details to the business intelligence application to modify the existing universe;
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- programming code for a third application macro that is executable by a computer to automatically retrieve the universe details from the existing universe in order to document the universe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.