Creating a model data set using a spreadsheet interface
AssigneeSigma Computing, Inc.
InventorsJASON D. FRANTZ, JULIE L. LEMIEUX, ROBERT C. WOOLLEN
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Abstract
Creating a model data set using a spreadsheet interface including generating the model data set using the spreadsheet interface and a first data source from a data warehouse, wherein the model data set is a reusable modeling layer comprising at least a portion of the first data source, and wherein generating the model data set comprises: creating a first worksheet using the spreadsheet interface and the first data source; receiving an indication that the first worksheet is a model data set; and generating model data set metadata for the first worksheet; and providing, as a second data source for a second worksheet, the model data set generated from the model data set metadata.
Claims20
A method of creating a model data set using a spreadsheet interface, the method comprising:
- creating a first worksheet using the spreadsheet interface and a first data source;
- receiving an indication that the first worksheet is a model data set;
- generating model data set metadata for the first worksheet;
- and
- providing, as a second data source for a second worksheet, the model data set generated from the model data set metadata.
An apparatus for creating a model data set using a spreadsheet interface, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:
- creating a first worksheet using the spreadsheet interface and a first data source;
- receiving an indication that the first worksheet is a model data set;
- generating model data set metadata for the first worksheet;
- and
- providing, as a second data source for a second worksheet, the model data set generated from the model data set metadata.
A computer program product for creating a model data set using a spreadsheet interface, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:
- creating a first worksheet using the spreadsheet interface and a first data source;
- receiving an indication that the first worksheet is a model data set;
- generating model data set metadata for the first worksheet;
- and
- providing, as a second data source for a second worksheet, the model data set generated from the model data set metadata.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.