Method and system for segmenting a multidimensional dataset

A server system for segmenting a multidimensional dataset, wherein the server system is connected to one or more client devices through a network, and the multidimensional dataset is characterized by a set of dimension attributes and a set of metric attributes and managed by the server system, comprising:

• one or more processors for executing programs;
• and
• memory to store data and to store one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• receiving a segment scheme replication request from a second user at a respective client device, wherein the segment scheme replication request includes a segment ID identifying a first dataset segment scheme stored at the server system and the first dataset segment scheme is associated with a first user different from the second user;
• identifying, at the server system, one or more independent data filters associated with the first dataset segment scheme, each data filter including at least one user-specified attribute of the dataset and its associated filter condition;
• generating a second dataset segment scheme using the identified independent data filters and associating the second dataset segment scheme with the second user at the requesting client device;
• and
• applying the second dataset segment scheme to a set of data records in the multidimensional dataset that is associated with the second user, further including:
• for each of the one or more independent data filters, selecting, among the set of data records that is associated with the second user, a subset of data records that satisfies the data filter's corresponding filter condition;
• determining a result set of data records by aggregating the subsets of data records in accordance with the second dataset segment scheme;
• and
• returning information derived from the result set of data records to be displayed to the second user at the requesting client device.

A computer readable-storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a server system for segmenting a multidimensional dataset, wherein the server system is connected to one or more client devices through a network, and the multidimensional dataset is characterized by a set of dimension attributes and a set of metric attributes and managed by the server system, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

• receiving a segment scheme replication request from a second user at a respective client device, wherein the segment scheme replication request includes a segment ID identifying a first dataset segment scheme stored at the server system and the first dataset segment scheme is associated with a first user different from the second user;
• identifying, at the server system, one or more independent data filters associated with the first dataset segment scheme, each data filter including at least one user-specified attribute of the dataset and its associated filter condition;
• generating a second dataset segment scheme using the identified independent data filters and associating the second dataset segment scheme with the second user at the requesting client device;
• and
• applying the second dataset segment scheme to a set of data records in the multidimensional dataset that is associated with the second user, further including:
• for each of the one or more independent data filters, selecting, among the set of data records that is associated with the second user, a subset of data records that satisfies the data filter's corresponding filter condition;
• determining a result set of data records by aggregating the subsets of data records in accordance with the second dataset segment scheme;
• and
• returning information derived from the result set of data records to be displayed to the second user at the requesting client device.